23rd century BC

(24th century BC - 23rd century BC - 22nd century BC - other centuries)

(4th millennium BC - 3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC)

Events

* 2334 - 2279 BC (short chronology) Sargon of Akkad's conquest of Mesopotamia.
* c. 2285 BC - Enheduanna, high priestess of the moon god Nanna in Ur, was born.
* 2215 BC - A Guti army swept down from the Zagros Mountains and defeated the demoralized Akkadian army. They took Agade, the capital of Akkad, and destroyed it thoroughly.
* 2278 BC - Pepi II Neferkare, the longest reigning monarch of all time, becomes pharoh of Egypt at the age of 6.

Significant persons

* Sargon of Akkad, founder of the Akkadian Empire and the earliest empire builder in recorded history.

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