29th Century BC - Events

Events

  • c. 2900 BC – 2400 BC: Sumerian pictographs evolve into phonograms.
  • 2900 BC – 2334 BC: Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period.
  • c. 2900 BC – 2600 BC: Votive statues, from the Square Temple, Eshnunna (modern Tell Ashmar, Iraq) was made. It is now in the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. Excavated 1932–1933.
  • 2897 BC: Hùng Vương established the Hồng Bàng Dynasty in Vietnam (then known as Văn Lang).
  • 2890 BC: Egypt: Pharaoh Qa'a died. End of First Dynasty, start of Second Dynasty. Pharaoh Hotepsekhemwy started to rule.
  • 2880 BC: Estimated germination of the Prometheus Tree
  • c. 2874 B.C.: The 365-day calendar year was installed in ancient Egypt, with fixed lunar months of 30 days + 5 epagomenal days.
  • 2852 BC: The beginning of the period of the Three August Ones and Five Emperors in China.
  • 2832 BC: Estimated germination of the Methuselah Tree, the oldest known living organism
  • 2807 BC: Suggested date for an asteroid or comet impact occurring between Africa and Antarctica, around the time of a solar eclipse on May 10, based on an analysis of flood stories. Possibly causing the Burckle crater and Fenambosy Chevron.
  • Ur becomes one of the richest cities in Sumer

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