History
 

2199 - 2100 B.C.

Generations

Family information unknown

World

General

Population: Perhaps 27 million*
  • Religion: Estimated departure of Abraham from Ur (2100 BC)
  • Deaths: Sargon of Sumeria (2100 BC)

Africa

  • Egypt: Low floods bring famine and unrest (2150 BC)
    End of Old Kingdom and division of Egypt into two kingdoms (2134 BC)
    End of major era of pyramid building (2100 BC)
    End of Egypt's "dark age" as Pharoah regains control (2100 BC)
    Middle Kingdom of Egypt with 7th Dynasty (2100 BC)

Americas

  • South America: Corn grown in Andean highlands (2100 BC)

Asia

  • China: According to Chinese tale, a hungry dragon tried to eat the sun (eclipse) and astronomers His and Ho failed to predict it and were beheaded (2136 BC)
  • India: Aryans invade Indus valley (2150 or 2100 BC)

Europe

  • Crete: End of early Minoan age (2100 BC)

Middle East

  • Sumer: End of Sargon's reign in Sumeria (2100 BC)
  • Ur: Sumerian king Ur-Nammu founds third dynasty of Ur and builds famous ziggurat (2112 BC)
    Empire of Ur founded (2100 BC)



 
 
 
 
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