| Date |
1st |
Place |
Event |
| 2550 |
|
Crete |
The snake & bull are religious symbols in early Minoan
culture. |
| |
Y |
Egypt |
First libraries in Egypt. |
| |
|
Babylon |
Script changes from Sumerian style (horizontal, left to
right) to Semitic style (verticle, right to left). |
| |
|
Egypt |
Isis & Osiris cults teach resurrection from death. |
| |
|
Babylon |
Ishtar worshipped as goddess of love. |
| |
|
Canaan |
Aramean nomads from the Euphrates area settle here. |
| 2500 |
Y |
Egypt |
Discovery of papyrus. |
| |
Y |
Babylon |
Potter's wheels & kilns in use. |
| |
|
Babylon |
Epic poetry celebrates re-creation of the world. |
| |
|
Norway |
Oldest pictorial representation of skiing carved on a rock
located at Rodoy. |
| |
|
Egypt |
Earliest mummies. |
| |
|
Babylon |
Earliest map of Babylon. |
| |
Y |
Babylon |
First domesticated chickens. |
| |
Y |
|
Bow & arrow used in warfare. |
| |
|
China |
Equinoxes and solstices determined: lunar year of 360 days
changes to variable sun-moon cycle. |
| 2350 |
|
Mesopotamia |
Sargon, the first king of Akkadian dynasty. |
| 2300 |
|
China |
Shun dynasty 2300 - 2205. |
| |
|
Egypt |
Egyptian ships import gold from Africa. African
pygmies appear in Egyptian court. |
| |
|
Egypt |
Literature contains lamentations and skepticism about the
meaning of life. |
| 2200 |
|
China |
Hsai dynasty rules 2200 - 1760; introduces tithe system
with annual distribution of fields. |
| 2100 |
|
Mesopotamia |
Abram leaves Ur in Chaldea. |
| |
|
Mesopotamia |
Disappearance of city of Agade; end of Akkadian
civilization. |
| |
|
Egypt |
Foundation of Memphis. |
| |
Y |
Peru |
Cotton cultivation. |
| |
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