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The
23rd century BC
is a
century
which was from the year 2300 BC to 2201 BC.
Events
Ruins of the pyramid complex of Pepi II, the longest reigning monarch in recorded history
2334 BC
– 2279 BC: (
short chronology
)
Sargon of Akkad
's conquest of
Mesopotamia
.
2333 BC: Beginning of the
Gojoseon
, the
first dynasty
and government system in
Korea
.
c. 2300 BC:
Bronze Age
starts.
c. 2300 BC –
2184 BC
: Disk of
Enheduanna
, from
Ur
, (modern
Muqaiyir
,
Iraq
) is made. It is now in
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
,
University of Pennsylvania
,
Philadelphia
.
c. 2300 BC – 2200 BC: Head of a man from
Nineveh
(modern
Kuyunjik
,
Iraq
) is made. It is now in
Iraq Museum
,
Baghdad
.
c. 2300 BC: Canal
Bahr Yusuf
(current name) is made when the waterway from the
Nile
to the natural lake (now
Lake Moeris
) is widened and deepened to create a canal.
c. 2288 BC – 2224/2194 BC: Pepy II and his mother, Queen
Merye-ankhnes
,
Sixth dynasty of Egypt
, is made. It is now at The
Brooklyn Museum of Art
,
New York City
.
c. 2285 BC:
Enheduanna
, high priestess of the moon god
Nanna
in
Ur
, was born.
c. 2278 BC:
Pharaoh
Pepi II
starts to rule (other date is 2383 BC).
c. 2254 BC – 2218 BC: Stela of
Naram-Sin
, probably from
Sippar
, discovered in
Susa
(modern
Shush
,
Iran
), is made. It is now in
Musée du Louvre
,
Paris
.
c. 2250 BC Earliest proof of growing
maize
in
Central America
.
c. 2240 BC:
Akkad
, capital of the
Akkadian Empire
, becomes the largest city in the world
c. 2220 BC
Scord of Brouster
farmstead made in
Shetland
, Scotland
c. 2215 BC:
Comet Hale-Bopp
appeared. A
Guti
army swept down from the
Zagros Mountains
and defeated the
Akkadian
army. They took
Agade
, the capital of
Akkad
, and destroyed it.
c. 2300 BC: Metals started to be used in
Northern Europe
.
Significant persons
Sargon of Akkad
, founder of the
Akkadian Empire
and the earliest empire builder in recorded history
2279 BC—Death of
Sargon I
References
↑
Rosenberg, Matt T.
"Largest Cities Through History"
. Archived from
the original
on 2016-08-18
. Retrieved
2009-11-11
.
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