25th Century BC - Events

Events

  • c. 2900 BCE – 2334 BCE: Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period.
  • c. 2500 BCE: Rice was first introduced to Malaysia
  • c. 2500 BCE: Scribal schools flourish throughout Sumer.
  • c. 2500 BCE: Cylinder seal from Sumer and its impression are made. It is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
  • c. 2500 BCE: Excavation and development of the Hypogeum of Ħal-Saflieni at Paola, Malta, a subterranean templex complex subsequently used as a necropolis.
  • c. 2500 BCE: Valley Temple of Khafra, Giza, is built.
  • c. 2500 BCE: Khafra from Giza Valley, Temple of Khafra is made. Fourth dynasty of Egypt. Discovered by Auguste Mariette. It is now kept in Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
  • c. 2500 BCE: People in Peru rely on fish and mussels for food.
  • c. 2500 BCE – 2000 BCE: Mohenjo-Daro is about 7 square miles (18 km2) in size and has a population of c. 20,000 to 50,000.
  • c. 2494 BCE: End of Fourth Dynasty, start of Fifth Dynasty in Egypt. Construction of the Pyramids begins.
  • c. 2494 BCE – 2345 BCE: "Sculptors at work", relief from Saqqara, Fifth Dynasty. It is now at Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt.
  • c. 2494 BCE – 2345 BCE: "Seated Scribe" from tomb of vizier Kai, Saqqara, sculpture, Fifth dynasty of Egypt is made. It is now in Musée du Louvre, Paris.
  • 2492 BCE: Traditional date for the legendary foundation of the Armenian nation (see Haik).
  • c. 2450 BCE: End of the Early Dynastic IIIa Period and beginning of the Early Dynastic IIIb Period in Sumer.
  • c. 2450 BCE: Kish is lost to Khamazi tribesmen of the Kurdistan mountains; Elamites from Awan occupy parts of Sumer. (Roux 1980)
  • c. 2410 BCE: By this time, kings in Sumer have ceased to be automatically high priests of the city deity. (Roux 1980) Semitic infiltration and conquest of Mesopotamia begins. (1968 RD Almanac)
  • c. 2400–2200 BCE: Construction of Stonehenge
  • Megalithic culture begins to spread through Europe and the western Mediterranean. (1968 RD Almanac)
  • Earliest signs of Battle Axe Culture from the Caucasus. (Encyc. Americana)
  • Southeastern Spain is settled from the Mediterranean, by people using Predynastic Egyptian-style pottery. (Encyc. Americana)
  • Amorites and Canaanites occupy Syria and Lebanon. (Encyc. Americana)

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