3rd Millennium BC - Significant Persons

Significant Persons

  • Djoser, king of Egypt, commissions the Step Pyramid at Saqqara
  • Gilgamesh, fifth king of the First Dynasty of Uruk, immortalized in the world's first literary work the Epic of Gilgamesh (c. 26th century BC)
  • Khufu, king of Egypt, builder of the Great Pyramid of Giza
  • Urukagina, king of Lagash, creates the first known judicial code (24th century BC)
  • Lugalsaggizi, king of Uruk and Umma conquers Lagash (2371–2347 BC)
  • Sargon the Great, founder of the empire of Akkad and Sumer (2371–2316 BC middle chronology)
  • Ur-Nammu founder of the 3rd dynasty of Ur (2112–2095 BC middle chronology)
  • The Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors of China

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