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{{Short description|One hundred years, from 2100 BC to 2001 BC}} |
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: ''2000 B.C. redirects here. For the Canibus album, see ]'' |
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The '''21st century BC''' was a ] that lasted from the year 2100 BC to 2001 BC. |
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(] - ''']''' - ]) |
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== Events == |
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== Events == |
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] (seated) bestows governorship on Ḫašḫamer, patesi (high priest) of Iškun-] (cylinder seal impression, ca. 2100 BC).]] |
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* ] — ] — ]n campaigns of ]. |
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* ] — beginning of the mythological ] is traditionally set in this year. |
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* ] — ] wars in ]. |
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* ] — ], first recorded battle in ] myths. |
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* ] – ] — ] wars in ]. |
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* ] — Oak trees for ] felled. |
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* c. ] - End of ] in ]. Start of ]. ] - 14th Dynasties. |
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* 2040 BC — Pharaoh ] died. End of ]. Pharaoh ] started to rule. Start of ]. |
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* ] – ] — ]-] wars. |
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* c. ] - ]: "Model of a house and garden, from ]". 11th dynasty. It is now in the ], ]. |
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* c. 2009 BC - ]: Funerary temple of ] was built. ]. |
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* 2004 BC — ] destruction of ]. |
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* ] — Arrival of the ancestors of the ] in ]. |
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* ] — The town of ] was presumedly founded. |
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* ] — ] is believed to have been completed. |
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* ] — ] and ] travel south from ] and settle in ]. |
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All dates from this long ago should be regarded as either approximate or conjectural; there are no absolutely certain dates, and multiple competing reconstructed chronologies, for this time period. |
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== Significant persons == |
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* {{circa|2150–2040 BC}} – The ], a period of decline in Egyptian central power.<ref name="O'Neill">{{Cite book |first=John P. |last=O'Neill |title=Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids |publisher=Metropolitan Museum of Art |year=1999 |isbn=978-0-87099-907-9 |page=20}}</ref> |
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* ], ] |
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* {{circa|2112–2004 BC}} – The ].<ref name="GRoux">{{Cite book |first=Georges |last=Roux |title=La Mésopotamie |publisher=Seuil |year=1995 |isbn=978-2-02-008632-5 |page=189}}</ref> The ] is built. Administrative power in ] is pushed far, with an ], an appointed civil servant, at the head of the constituencies. A meticulous and finicky bureaucracy manages, counts and controls the whole administration, which is as much concerned with the economy as with war or the service of the gods. The weight of such an administration arguably contributes to the collapse of the empire. Finally, the ] sack ] and the third dynasty comes to an end.<ref name="Margueron">{{Cite book |first=Jean-Claude |last=Margueron |title=Le Proche-Orient et l'Égypte antiques |publisher=Hachette Éducation Technique |year=2012 |isbn=978-2-01-140096-3 |page=174}}</ref> |
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* ] of ] |
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* {{circa|2100–2000 BC}}: |
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* ] (perhaps, other datings include 19th century BC, 17th century BC, 16th Century BC, and 15th Century BC) |
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** ] is written in the Sumerian language, including the '']''.<ref name="Papin">{{Cite book |first=Yves Denis |last=Papin |title=Chronologie de l'histoire ancienne |publisher=Jean-paul Gisserot |year=1998 |isbn=978-2-87747-346-0 |page=8}}</ref> |
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* According to ] tradition, lifetime of ], the 7th ] of ] |
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** In ], the two circles of ]s that form the inner part of ] are erected.<ref name="Azéma">{{Cite book |first1=Marc |last1=Azéma |first2=Laurent |last2=Brasier |title=Le beau livre de la préhistoire |publisher=Dunod |year=2016 |isbn=978-2-10-075789-3 |page=371}}</ref> |
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** ], "The Burnt City" in Persia, is abandoned.<ref>{{Cite book |first=Richard C. |last=Foltz |title=Iran in World History |publisher=] |year=2016 |isbn=978-0-19-933550-3 |page=6}}</ref> |
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* {{circa|2100–1900 BC}}: The beginning of the Middle ] in ].<ref>{{Cite book |first=Demetrios |last=Protopsaltis |title=An Encyclopedic Chronology of Greece and Its History |publisher=Xlibris Corporation |year=2012 |isbn=978-1-4691-3999-9 |page=37}}</ref> Bronze metallurgy and the ] are introduced,<ref>{{Cite book |first=Jean |last=Tulard |title=Histoire de la Crète |publisher=Que sais-je ? |year=1978 |isbn=978-2-13-065663-0 |page=72}}</ref> as are ].<ref>{{Cite book |first=André |last=Pichot |title=La naissance de la science |volume=2 |publisher=Gallimard |year=2014 |isbn=978-2-07-253206-1 |page=15}}</ref> |
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* {{circa|2100–1800 BC}} – The ] emerges in the northern ].<ref>{{Cite book |first1=Bryan K. |last1=Hanks |first2=Katheryn M. |last2=Linduff |title=Social Complexity in Prehistoric Eurasia |publisher=] |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-521-51712-6 |page=47}}</ref> |
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* {{circa|2070 BC}} – ] establishes the ] in China.<ref>{{cite book|last=Mungello|first=David E.|title=The Great Encounter of China and the West, 1500–1800|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|edition=3|year=2009|isbn=9780742557987|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9x3vE0UMPkMC&q=%22yu+the+great%22+legendary&pg=PA97|page=97}}</ref> |
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* {{circa|2050 BC}} – The beginning of the Middle ] in ].<ref>{{Cite book |first=David N. |last=Edwards |title=The Nubian Past |publisher=] |year=2004 |isbn=978-1-134-20087-0 |page=81}}</ref> |
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* Late spring 2049 BC – ] is built in Britain.<ref>Based on tree felling date. {{Cite web |title=The art of Seahenge|url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/blog/art-seahenge|access-date=2023-10-08|website=The British Museum|language=en}}</ref> |
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* {{circa|2040 BC}} – ], ruler of the ] in ], completes the reunification of ] following his victory over the pharaohs of ], which marks the beginning of the ].<ref name="Grimal">{{Cite book |first=Nicolas |last=Grimal |title=Histoire de l'Égypte ancienne |publisher=Fayard |year=1988 |isbn=978-2-213-64001-3 |page=194}}</ref> |
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* {{circa|2000 BC}} – The earliest bronze age artifacts in Southeast Asia found in the ] site in ] indicate the absence of a militaristic or urbanized state.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://seasiabib.museum.upenn.edu:8001/pdf_articles/bookchapters/2008_White.pdf |title=White, J.C. 2008 Dating Early Bronze at Ban Chiang, Thailand. In From Homo erectus to the Living Traditions. Pautreau, J.-P.; Coupey, A.-S.; Zeitoun, V.; Rambault, E., editors. European Association of Southeast Asian Archaeologists, Chiang Mai, pp. 91-104. |access-date=2012-04-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808095943/http://seasiabib.museum.upenn.edu:8001/pdf_articles/bookchapters/2008_White.pdf |archive-date=2017-08-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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==References== |
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== Inventions, discoveries, introductions == |
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* ] — Emperor ] makes first (perhaps mythical) ] drink by boiling fresh leaves. |
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* ] — First written accounts of ]. |
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All dates from this long ago should be regarded as either approximate or conjectural; there are no absolutely certain dates, and multiple competing reconstructed chronologies, for this time period.