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{{Short description|One hundred years, from 2000 BC to 1901 BC}}
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The '''20th century BC''' was a [[century]] that lasted from the year 2000 BC to 1901 BC.
The '''20th century BC''' was a [[century]] that lasted from the year 2000 BC to 1901 BC.

==The period of the 2nd Millennium BC==

[[File:World in 2000 BC.svg|thumb|centre|550px|Map of the world in 2000 BC.]]


==Events==
==Events==
[[Image:AmenemhetIPyramid.jpg|thumb|400px|The pyramid ruin of Amenemhet I at [[Lisht]]. He was the founder of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt]]
[[Image:AmenemhetIPyramid.jpg|thumb|400px|The pyramid ruin of [[Amenemhat I|Amenemhet I]] at [[Lisht]]. He was the founder of the [[Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt]]]]
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c. 2000 BC:
* c. 2000 BC:
* [[Farmer]]s and [[herding|herders]] traveled south from [[Ethiopia]] and settled in [[Kenya]].
** [[Farmer]]s and [[herding|herders]] traveled south from [[Ethiopia]] and settled in [[Kenya]].
* Dawn of the [[Capacha]] Culture in modern-day [[Colima]], [[Mexico]].
** Dawn of the [[Capacha]] Culture in modern-day [[Colima]], [[Mexico]].
* Humans settle in [[Matanchén]], modern day [[Nayarit]], [[Mexico]]
** Humans settle in [[Matanchén]], modern day [[Nayarit]], [[Mexico]]
* Arrival of the ancestors of the [[Latins (Italic tribe)|Latins]] in [[Italy]].
** Arrival of the ancestors of the [[Latins (Italic tribe)|Latins]] in [[Italy]].
* Town of [[Mantua]] was founded.
** Town of [[Mantua]] was founded.
* First of the [[Minoan civilization|Minoan]] palaces on [[Crete]]. Site of palace complex [[Knossos]] started to become occupied.
** First of the [[Minoan civilization|Minoan]] palaces on [[Crete]]. Site of palace complex [[Knossos]] started to become occupied.
* [[Bronze Age]] began in north [[History of China#Bronze Age|Ancient China]].
** [[Bronze Age]] began in north [[History of China#Bronze Age|Ancient China]].
* Middle [[Jōmon period]] ended in [[Japan]].
** Middle [[Jōmon period]] ended in [[Japan]].
* Decline of [[Harappan civilization]] began.
** Decline of [[Harappan civilization]] began.
* The [[Harappa]] Torso was sculpted by a member of the [[Indus Valley culture]].<ref>The Harappa Torso is now kept at the [[National Museum]] in [[New Delhi]], India.</ref>
** The [[Harappa]] Torso was sculpted by a member of the [[Indus Valley culture]].<ref>The Harappa Torso is now kept at the [[National Museum]] in [[New Delhi]], India.</ref>
* Vessel, from [[Asahi Mound]], [[Toyama Prefecture]], was made. Jōmon period. It is now kept at [[Collection of Tokyo University]].
** Vessel, from [[Asahi Mound]], [[Toyama Prefecture]], was made. Jōmon period. It is now kept at [[Collection of Tokyo University]].
* [[Dogū]], from [[Kurokoma]], [[Yamanashi Prefecture]], was made. Jōmon period. It is now kept at [[Tokyo National Museum]].
** [[Dogū]], from [[Kurokoma]], [[Yamanashi Prefecture]], was made. Jōmon period. It is now kept at [[Tokyo National Museum]].
* [[Stonehenge]] construction largely completed.
** [[Stonehenge]] construction largely completed.
* Dawn of the [[Lal-lo and Gattaran Shell Middens]] pilings in the [[Philippines]]
** Dawn of the [[Lal-lo and Gattaran Shell Middens]] pilings in the [[Philippines]].
* [[domestication of the horse|Horses were tamed]] and used for transport.
** [[domestication of the horse|Horses were tamed]] and used for transport.
* The last [[woolly mammoth]] goes extinct on [[Wrangel island]].
** The last [[woolly mammoth]] goes extinct on [[Wrangel island]].
* c. 2000 BC - [[1900 BC]]: the "Priest-king torso" was sculpted at [[Mohenjo-Daro]], part of the [[Indus Valley civilization]].<ref>The "Priest-king torso" is now kept at the [[National Museum of Pakistan]], in [[Karachi]].</ref>
* c. 2000 BC – [[1900 BC]]: the "Priest-king torso" was sculpted at [[Mohenjo-Daro]], part of the [[Indus Valley civilization]].<ref>The "Priest-king torso" is now kept at the [[National Museum of Pakistan]], in [[Karachi]].</ref>
* c. 1995 BC: [[Pharaoh]] [[Mentuhotep II]], [[Eleventh dynasty of Egypt]] dies.
* c. 1995 BC: [[Pharaoh]] [[Mentuhotep II]], [[Eleventh dynasty of Egypt]] dies.
* c. 1995 BC: [[Egypt]]: Pharaoh [[Mentuhotep IV]] died. End of [[Eleventh dynasty of Egypt|Eleventh Dynasty]]. Pharaoh [[Amenemhat I]] started to rule. Start of [[Twelfth dynasty of Egypt|Twelfth Dynasty]].
* c. 1995 BC: [[Egypt]]: Pharaoh [[Mentuhotep IV]] died. End of [[Eleventh dynasty of Egypt|Eleventh Dynasty]]. Pharaoh [[Amenemhat I]] started to rule. Start of [[Twelfth dynasty of Egypt|Twelfth Dynasty]].
* c. 1985 BC: Political authority became less centralized in [[Ancient Egypt]].
* c. 1985 BC: Political authority became less centralized in [[Ancient Egypt]].
* c. 1985 BC – [[18th century BC|1795]] BC:
* c. 1985 BC – [[18th century BC|1795]] BC:
* Rock-cut tombs at [[Beni Hasan]] were made. [[Twelfth dynasty of Egypt|Twelfth Dynasty]].
** Rock-cut tombs at [[Beni Hasan]] were made. [[Twelfth dynasty of Egypt|Twelfth Dynasty]].
* "[[William the Faience Hippopotamus|Hippopotamus]]", from the tomb of [[Senbi]] (governor) (Tomb B.3) at [[Meir, Egypt|Meir]] was made. [[Twelfth dynasty of Egypt|Twelfth Dynasty]]. It is now in the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], [[New York City|New York]].
** "[[William the Faience Hippopotamus|Hippopotamus]]", from the tomb of [[Senbi]] (governor) (Tomb B.3) at [[Meir, Egypt|Meir]] was made. [[Twelfth dynasty of Egypt|Twelfth Dynasty]]. It is now in the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], [[New York City|New York]].
*1974 BC – [[Erishum I]] became the thirty-third ruler of [[Assyria]].
*1974 BC: [[Erishum I]] became the thirty-third ruler of [[Assyria]].
*1953 BC: [[Senusret I]] launches a military campaign against Lower [[Nubia]] and conquers the region down to the [[Second Cataract]].
*February 27, 1953 BC: A very close alignment of the [[naked-eye planets]] took place in which these planets are together in a span of 4.3 degrees.
*February 27, 1953 BC: A very close alignment of the [[naked-eye planets]] took place in which these planets are together in a span of 4.3 degrees.
*March 5, 1953 BC: A computer calculated alignment of the [[naked-eye planets]] took place in a new moon, and in spring season, and is believed by researchers from NASA, to be the starting event for the Chinese calendar, as they followed descriptions from a 1st Century B.C. Chinese passage "Hong Fan Zhuan" by 'Liu Xiang', to search for this astronomical event being described to have happened about 2000 BC at Pegasus constellation (Yingshi).
*c. 1942 BC: The so-called king of Leubingen (today part of [[Sömmerda]]) was buried in a large barrow within a {{convert|66|ft|m|adj=mid|-wide}} stone cairn inside a ring ditch.
*c. 1942 BC: The so-called king of Leubingen (today part of [[Sömmerda]]) was buried in a large barrow within a {{convert|66|ft|m|adj=mid|-wide}} stone cairn inside a ring ditch.
*1932 BC: [[Amorite]] conquest of [[Ur]].
*1932 BC: [[Amorite]] conquest of [[Ur]].
*c. 1928 BC – [[19th century BC|1895]] BC: "Harvest scene", tempera facsimile by [[N. de Garis Davies|Nina de Garis Davies]] of wall painting in the tomb of [[Khnumhotep II]], [[Beni Hasan]]. [[Twelfth dynasty of Egypt|Twelfth Dynasty]].
*c. 1928 BC – 1895 BC: "Harvest scene", tempera facsimile by [[N. de Garis Davies|Nina de Garis Davies]] of wall painting in the tomb of [[Khnumhotep II]], [[Beni Hasan]]. [[Twelfth dynasty of Egypt|Twelfth Dynasty]].
*c. 1920 BC [[List of landslides#Prehistoric landslides|Jishi Gorge flood]]. It may have sparked the beginning of the [[Dynasties in Chinese history|first Chinese dynasty]] ([[Xia dynasty|Xia]], [[Erlitou culture]]) <ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/08/massive-flood-may-have-led-chinas-earliest-empire | title=Massive flood may have led to China's earliest empire| date=2016-08-04}}</ref>
*c. 1920 BC: [[List of landslides#Prehistoric landslides|Jishi Gorge flood]]. It may have sparked the beginning of the [[Dynasties in Chinese history|first Chinese dynasty]] ([[Xia dynasty|Xia]], [[Erlitou culture]]) <ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.science.org/content/article/massive-flood-may-have-led-chinas-earliest-empire | title=Massive flood may have led to China's earliest empire| date=2016-08-04}}</ref>
*1913 BC – 1903 BC: [[Egypt]]ian-[[Nubia]]n war.
*1913 BC – 1903 BC: [[Egypt]]ian-[[Nubia]]n war.
*c. 1900 BC – [[Shalim-ahum]] and his son [[Ilu-shuma]] began to rule the city of [[Assur]] at around this time.
*1910 BC - Call of [[Abraham]] according to The Bible.
*c. 1900 BC: [[Shalim-ahum]] and his son [[Ilu-shuma]] began to rule the city of [[Assur]] at around this time.


==Inventions, discoveries, introductions==
==Inventions, discoveries, introductions==
* c. 2000 BC – [[Glass]] appears.
* c. 2000 BC: [[Glass]] appears.
* 2000 BC – In the [[Old Assyrian Empire]], the [[Sumerian cuneiform]] had evolved into [[Old Assyrian language|Old Assyrian cuneiform]], with many modifications to Sumerian orthography.
* 2000 BC: In the [[Old Assyrian Empire]], the [[Sumerian cuneiform]] had evolved into [[Old Assyrian language|Old Assyrian cuneiform]], with many modifications to Sumerian orthography.
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* c. 1900 BC: [[History of chocolate|Cacao]] is domesticated by the [[Mokaya]] in [[Guatemala]].<ref name="sciencenow">{{cite news | url = https://www.science.org/content/article/earliest-evidence-chocolate-north-america | first = Traci | last = Watson | title = Earliest Evidence of Chocolate in North America | date = 22 January 2013 | work = Science | access-date = 3 March 2014}}</ref>
* 1950 BC—The [[copper]] bar cubit of [[Nippur]] defines the [[Sumer]]ian [[cubit]] (approximately 51.72&nbsp;cm).{{Citation needed|date=July 2007}}
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* c. 1900 BC - [[History of chocolate|Cacao]] is domesticated by the [[Mokaya]] in [[Guatemala]].<ref name="sciencenow">{{cite news | url = http://news.sciencemag.org/2013/01/earliest-evidence-chocolate-north-america | first = Traci | last = Watson | title = Earliest Evidence of Chocolate in North America | date = 22 January 2013 | work = Science | access-date = 3 March 2014}}</ref>


==Sovereign states==
==Sovereign states==
See: [[List of sovereign states in the 20th century BC]].
{{Main|List of sovereign states in the 20th century BC}}


==References==
==References==

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The 20th century BC was a century that lasted from the year 2000 BC to 1901 BC.

The period of the 2nd Millennium BC

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Map of the world in 2000 BC.

Events

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The pyramid ruin of Amenemhet I at Lisht. He was the founder of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

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Sovereign states

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Main article: List of sovereign states in the 20th century BC

References

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  1. ^ The Harappa Torso is now kept at the National Museum in New Delhi, India.
  2. ^ The "Priest-king torso" is now kept at the National Museum of Pakistan, in Karachi.
  3. ^ "Massive flood may have led to China's earliest empire". 2016-08-04.
  4. ^ Watson, Traci (22 January 2013). "Earliest Evidence of Chocolate in North America". Science. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
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