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


[[File:World in 2000 BC.svg|thumb|centre|550px|Map of the world in 2000 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]].
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*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).
*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.
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*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=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>
*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.
*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.
* 1950 BC—The [[copper]] bar cubit of [[Nippur]] defines the [[Sumer]]ian [[cubit]] (approximately 51.72&nbsp;cm).{{Citation needed|date=July 2007}}
* 1950 BC: The [[copper]] bar cubit of [[Nippur]] defines the [[Sumer]]ian [[cubit]] (approximately 51.72&nbsp;cm).{{Citation needed|date=July 2007}}
* 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>
* 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>


==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

Map of the world in 2000 BC.

Events

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

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

Sovereign states

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

References

  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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