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*c. 2285 BC: [[Enheduanna]], high priestess of the moon god [[Sin (mythology)|Nanna]] in [[Ur]], was born. |
*c. 2285 BC: [[Enheduanna]], high priestess of the moon god [[Sin (mythology)|Nanna]] in [[Ur]], was born. |
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*c. 2254 BC – 2218 BC: Stela of [[Naram-Sin of Akkad|Naram-Sin]], probably from [[Sippar]], discovered in [[Susa]] (modern [[Shush, Iran|Shush]], [[Iran]]), is made. It is now in [[Musée du Louvre]], [[Paris]]. |
*c. 2254 BC – 2218 BC: Stela of [[Naram-Sin of Akkad|Naram-Sin]], probably from [[Sippar]], discovered in [[Susa]] (modern [[Shush, Iran|Shush]], [[Iran]]), is made. It is now in [[Musée du Louvre]], [[Paris]]. |
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*c. 2250 BC: The beginning of the [[Meghalayan|Meghalayan Stage]], the last of the three stages of the [[Holocene]].<ref>{{ |
*c. 2250 BC: The beginning of the [[Meghalayan|Meghalayan Stage]], the last of the three stages of the [[Holocene]].<ref>*{{cite web|url=http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-news-and-meetings/120-ics-chart-containing-the-quaternary-gssps-and-new-stages-v-2018-07-is-now-released|title=ICS chart containing the Quaternary and Cambrian GSSPs and new stages (v 2018/07) is now released!|access-date=February 1, 2019}}</ref><ref>*{{cite web|url=https://earthsky.org/earth/new-name-present-times-era-meghalayan|title=Welcome to the Meghalayan age|last=Conners|first=Deanna|date=September 18, 2018|access-date=February 1, 2019}}</ref> |
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*c. 2250 BC: Earliest evidence of maize cultivation in [[Central America]]. |
*c. 2250 BC: Earliest evidence of maize cultivation in [[Central America]]. |
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*c. 2240 BC: [[Akkad (city)|Akkad]], capital of the [[Akkadian Empire]], becomes the largest city in the world, surpassing [[Memphis, Egypt|Memphis]], capital of [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa011201a.htm|title=Largest Cities Through History|last=Rosenberg|first=Matt T|access-date=2009-11-11}}</ref> |
*c. 2240 BC: [[Akkad (city)|Akkad]], capital of the [[Akkadian Empire]], becomes the largest city in the world, surpassing [[Memphis, Egypt|Memphis]], capital of [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa011201a.htm|title=Largest Cities Through History|last=Rosenberg|first=Matt T|access-date=2009-11-11}}</ref> |
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The 23rd century BC was a century that lasted from the year 2300 BC to 2201 BC.
Events
- 2334 BC – 2279 BC: (short chronology) Sargon of Akkad's conquest of Mesopotamia.
- c. 2300 BC: Indus Valley civilisation (Harappan) flourishing in modern-day eastern Pakistan - western India.
- c. 2300 BC: Metals start to be used in Northern Europe.
- c. 2300 BC: Unetice culture emerges in the modern day Czech Republic.
- c. 2300 BC: Canal Bahr Yusuf (current name) is created when the waterway from the Nile to the natural lake (now Lake Moeris) is widened and deepened to create a canal.
- c. 2300 BC – 2200 BC: "Head of a man from Nineveh" (modern Kuyunjik, Iraq) is made. It is now in Iraq Museum, Baghdad.
- c. 2300 BC – 2184 BC: Disk of Enheduanna, from Ur, (modern Muqaiyir, Iraq) is made. It is now in University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
- c. 2300–2250 BC, reigns of Pepi I Meryre and Merenre Nemtyemsaf I, beginning of Pepi II Neferkares' rule, all of the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt.
- c. 2288 BC: "Queen Merye-ankhnes and her son Pepy II" is sculpted, Sixth dynasty of Egypt. The alabaster statuette is now at The Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York.
- c. 2285 BC: Enheduanna, high priestess of the moon god Nanna in Ur, was born.
- c. 2254 BC – 2218 BC: Stela of Naram-Sin, probably from Sippar, discovered in Susa (modern Shush, Iran), is made. It is now in Musée du Louvre, Paris.
- c. 2250 BC: The beginning of the Meghalayan Stage, the last of the three stages of the Holocene.[1][2]
- c. 2250 BC: Earliest evidence of maize cultivation in Central America.
- c. 2240 BC: Akkad, capital of the Akkadian Empire, becomes the largest city in the world, surpassing Memphis, capital of Egypt.[3]
- c. 2220 BC: Scord of Brouster farmstead established in Shetland, Scotland
- c. 2220 BC: Mount Edgecumbe (Alaska) volcano erupts near present-day Sitka, Alaska.
- c. 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.
- c. July 2215 BC: Comet Hale-Bopp visits the inner solar system and would not return until the year AD 1997.
References
- ^ *"ICS chart containing the Quaternary and Cambrian GSSPs and new stages (v 2018/07) is now released!". Retrieved February 1, 2019.
- ^ *Conners, Deanna (September 18, 2018). "Welcome to the Meghalayan age". Retrieved February 1, 2019.
- ^ Rosenberg, Matt T. "Largest Cities Through History". Retrieved 2009-11-11.
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