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The29th century BCwas acenturythat lasted from the year 2900 BC to 2801 BC.
Events
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- c. 2900BC: Beginning of theEarly Dynastic Period IinSumer.[1]
- c. 2900BC –2600 BC:Votive statues fromthe Square Temple of Eshnunna(modern Tell Ashmar,Iraq) were made. One of them is now in theOriental Institute of the University of Chicago.Excavated 1932–1933.
- c. 2900 BC–2400 BC:Sumerianpictographsevolve intophonograms.
- 2900 BC –2334 BC:Mesopotamianwars of the Early Dynastic period.
- 2900 BC-First Mariote Kingdomfounded.
- 2890 BC:Egypt:PharaohQa'adied. End ofFirst Dynasty,start ofSecond Dynasty.PharaohHotepsekhemwystarted to rule.
- 2890 BC –Akkadian languagenames are recorded from about this time period.
- 2880 BC: Estimated germination of thePrometheus Tree,previously thought to be the world's oldest living organism until it was cut down in 1964 AD.
- 2879 BC:Hùng VươngKinh Dương Vươngestablished theHồng Bàng dynastyin Vietnam (then known asXích Quỷ).[2]
- c. 2874BC: The365-day calendaryear was installed in ancient Egypt, with fixed lunar months of 30 days + 5epagomenaldays.[3]
- 2863 BC: Egyptian 2nd Dynasty Prince Raneb born around this year in history.
- 2860 BC: Saqqara Tomb A construction started.
- 2852 BC: The beginning of the period of theThree Sovereigns and Five Emperorsin China.
- 2832 BC: Estimated germination of the oldest living tree and organism on earth as of 2020 theMethuselah Tree,thesecond-oldestknown organism. Sprouting in what would becomeInyo County,California.
- 2807 BC: Suggested date for anasteroidorcometimpact occurring between Africa andAntarctica,around the time of a solar eclipse on May 10, based on an analysis of flood stories. Possibly causing theBurckle craterandFenambosy Chevron.[4][5]
- Urbecomes one of the richest cities inSumer[6]
Architecture
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Marc Van De Mieroop,A History of the Ancient Near East ca. 3000 - 323 BC(Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2004), p. 39
- ^Pelley, Patricia M. (2002).Postcolonial Vietnam: New Histories of the National Past.Duke University Press. p. 51.
- ^"Viii Science and Technology".Archived fromthe originalon 2006-05-02.Retrieved2006-03-23.
- ^"Cambridge Conference Correspondence".Archived fromthe originalon 2006-09-01.
- ^"Ancient Crash, Epic Wave".The New York Times.14 November 2006.
- ^"About Iraq Editorial".iraqdirectory.com.
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