21st century BC

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(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 - 2080 BC -- Ninth Dynasty wars in Egypt.
• 2112 - 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.
• 2064 - 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 - 2004 BC -- Ur-Amorite wars.
• 2004 BC -- Elamite destruction of Ur.
• 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.