21st century BC
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The 21st century BC was a century that lasted from the year 2100 BC to 2001 BC.
Events
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.
- c. 2150–2040 BC – The First Intermediate Period of Egypt, a period of decline in Egyptian central power.[1]
- c. 2112–2004 BC – The
- c. 2100–2000 BC:
- Epic poetry is written in the Sumerian language, including the Epic of Gilgamesh.[4]
- In Chalcolithic Europe, the two circles of bluestones that form the inner part of Stonehenge are erected.[5]
- Shahr-e Sukhteh, "The Burnt City" in Persia, is abandoned.[6]
- c. 2100–1900 BC: The beginning of the Middle Minoan civilization in Crete.[7] Bronze metallurgy and the potter's wheel are introduced,[8] as are Cretan hieroglyphs.[9]
- c. 2100–1800 BC – The Sintashta culture emerges in the northern Eurasian Steppe.[10]
- c. 2070 BC – Yu the Great establishes the Xia dynasty in China.[11]
- c. 2050 BC – The beginning of the Middle Kerma culture in Upper Nubia.[12]
- Late spring 2049 BC – Seahenge is built in Britain.[13]
- c. 2040 BC – Mentuhotep II, ruler of the Eleventh Dynasty of Egypt in Thebes, completes the reunification of Egypt following his victory over the pharaohs of Herakleopolis, which marks the beginning of the Middle Kingdom.[14]
- c. 2000 BC – The earliest bronze age artifacts in Southeast Asia found in the Ban Chiang site in Thailand indicate the absence of a militaristic or urbanized state.[15]
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- ^ Based on tree felling date. "The art of Seahenge". The British Museum. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
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- ^ "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" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-08. Retrieved 2012-04-24.
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