24th century BC
(
25th century BC -
24th century BC -
23rd century BC -
other centuries)
(
4th millennium BC -
3rd millennium BC -
2nd millennium BC)
*2900–
2334 BC –
Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period.
*2500-2400 BC – The Great Pyramid of Giza is being built.
*2350 BC – End of the Early Dynastic IIIb Period in Mesopotamia.
*2350 BC – First destruction of the city of
Mari.
*2334–
2279 BC –
Sargon of Akkad's conquest of
Mesopotamia.
*2345 BC – End of
Fifth Dynasty, start of
Sixth Dynasty in Egypt. Pharaoh
Unas died. Pharaoh
Teti started to reign.
*The city of
Lothal arises under the
Indus valley civilization.
*
Urukagina*
Sargon of Akkad*
Enheduanna, daughter of Sargon, priestess and the first author known by name
*
Ptahhotep, ancient Egyptian Vizier, author of
The Maxims of Ptahhotep.
*The first official mentioning of
beekeeping in
Egypt.
*The first documented use of an organized
courier service for the diffusion of written documents in
Egypt.
* In
2349 BC,
Noah entered
the Ark (according to religious scholar
James Ussher).
* In
2333 BC or on
3 October 2332 BC,
Dangun founded the state
Gojoseon (according to the
Korean histories
Samguk Yusa, originally written in the
12th c. CE, and
Dongguk Tonggam, written in the
15th c. CE).
*
Ancient Egypt: Beekeeping and wax
