21st century BC
(Redirected from 2000 B.C.)
(22nd century BC - 21st century BC - 20th century BC - other centuries)
(4th millennium BC - 3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC)
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Events
- 2130 - 2080 BC -- Ninth Dynasty wars in Egypt.
- 2112 - 2095 BC -- Sumerian campaigns of Ur-Nammu.
- 2091 BC -- beginning of the mythological Patriarchal Age is traditionally set in this year.
- 2071 BC - Magh Ithe, first recorded battle in Ireland myths.
- 2064 - 1986 BC -- Twin Dynasty wars in Egypt.
- 2049 BC - Oak trees for Seahenge felled.
- 2040 BC -- Pharaoh Merykare died. End of Tenth dynasty of Egypt. Pharaoh Mentuhotep II started to rule. Start of Eleventh Dynasty.
- 2034 - 2004 BC -- Ur-Amorite wars.
- 2004 BC -- Elamite destruction of Ur.
- 2000 BC -- Arrival of the ancestors of the Latins in Italy.
- 2000 BC -- The town of Mantua was presumedly founded.
- 2000 BC -- Stonehenge is believed to have been completed.
- 2000 BC -- Farmers and herders travel south from Ethiopia and settle in Kenya.
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Significant persons
- Ur-Nammu, 3rd dynasty of Ur
- Shulgi of Urim
- Abraham (probably)
- According to Hindu tradition, lifetime of Rama, the 7th avatar of Vishnu
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Inventions, discoveries, introductions
- 2037 BC -- Emperor Shen Nong makes first (perhaps mythical) tea drink by boiling fresh leaves.
- 2000 BC -- First written accounts of Schizophrenia.
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