21st century BC

(22nd century BC - 21st century BC - 20th century BC - other centuries)

(4th millennium BC - 3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC)

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Events

• 2130 BC – 2080 BC — Ninth Dynasty wars in Egypt.
• 2112 BC – 2095 BC — Sumerian campaigns of Ur-Nammu.
• 2091 BC — beginning of the mythological Patriarchal Age is traditionally set in this year.
• 2071 BC — Magh Ithe, first recorded battle in Ireland myths.
• 2070 BC^* — Xia Dynasty of China established.
• 2064 BC – 1986 BC — Twin Dynasty wars in Egypt.
• 2049 BC — Oak trees for Seahenge felled.
• 2040 BC — Pharaoh Merykare died. End of Tenth dynasty of Egypt. Pharaoh Mentuhotep II started to rule. Start of Eleventh Dynasty.
• 2034 BC – 2004 BC — Ur-Amorite wars.
• 2004 BC — Elamite destruction of Ur.
• 2000 BC — Arrival of the ancestors of the Latins in Italy.
• 2000 BC — The town of Mantua was presumedly founded.
• 2000 BC — Stonehenge is believed to have been completed.
• 2000 BC — Farmers and herders travel south from Ethiopia and settle in Kenya.

Significant persons

• Ur-Nammu, 3rd dynasty of Ur
• Shulgi of Urim
• Abraham (probably)
• According to Hindu tradition, lifetime of Rama, the 7th avatar of Vishnu

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

• 2037 BC — Emperor Shen Nong makes first (perhaps mythical) tea drink by boiling fresh leaves.
• 2000 BC — First written accounts of Schizophrenia.bg:21 век пр.н.е.

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