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| Millennium: | 3rd millennium BC |
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| Centuries: | 25th century BC · 24th century BC · 23rd century BC |
| Decades: | 2390s BC 2380s BC 2370s BC 2360s BC 2350s BC 2340s BC 2330s BC 2320s BC 2310s BC 2300s BC |
| Categories: | Births – Deaths Establishments – Disestablishments |
The 24th century BC is a century which lasted from the year 2400 BC to 2301 BC.
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Events
- c. 2900–2334 BC — Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period continue.
- c. 2383 BC — Pepi II Neferkare, the longest reigning monarch of all time, started to rule at age 6.
- c. 2360 BC — Hekla-4 eruption.
- c. 2350 BC — End of the Early Dynastic IIIb period in Mesopotamia.
- c. 2350 BC — First destruction of the city of Mari.
- c. 2345 BC — End of Fifth Dynasty. Pharaoh Unas died.
- c. 2345 BC — Sixth dynasty of Egypt starts (other date is 2460 BC).
- c. 2340 BC–2180 BC — Akkadian Empire.
- c. 2334 BC–2279 BC — Semitic chieftain Sargon of Akkad's conquest of Sumer and Mesopotamia.
- c. 2333 BCE — Dangun founded the state Gojoseon (Modern-day Korea), during the reign of the Chinese Emperor Yao
- City of Lothal founded under the Indus valley civilization.
Significant persons
- Urukagina
- c. 2332 BC — Sargon of Akkad starts to rule
- Enheduanna, daughter of Sargon, priestess and the first author known by name
- Ptahhotep, ancient Egyptian Vizier, author of The Maxims of Ptahhotep
Deaths
- Jared, son of Mahalalel, (3300–2338 BC) according to the Hebrew Calendar
Inventions, discoveries, introductions
- The first official mentioning of beekeeping in Egypt
- The first documented use of an organized courier service for the diffusion of written documents in Egypt
Decades and years
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