29th century BC

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Millennium:	3rd millennium BC
Centuries:	30th century BC · 29th century BC · 28th century BC
Decades:	2890s BC 2880s BC 2870s BC 2860s BC 2850s BC 2840s BC 2830s BC 2820s BC 2810s BC 2800s BC
Categories:	Births – Deaths Establishments – Disestablishments

The 29th century BC is a century which lasted from the year 2900 BC to 2801 BC.

Contents 1 Events 2 Significant persons 3 Decades and years 4 References

[edit] Events

• c. 2900 BC–2400 BC — Sumerian pictographs evolve into phonograms.
• 2900 BC–2334 BC — Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period.
• c. 2900 BC–2600 BC — Votive statues, from the Square Temple, Eshnunna (modern Tell Ashmar, Iraq) was made. It is now in the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. Excavated 1932–1933.
• 2897 BC — Hùng Vương established the Hồng Bàng Dynasty in Vietnam (then known as Văn Lang).^{[citation needed]}
• 2890 BC — Egypt: Pharaoh Qa'a died. End of First Dynasty, start of Second Dynasty. Pharaoh Hotepsekhemwy started to rule.
• 2880 BC — Estimated germination of the Prometheus Tree
• 2852 BC — The beginning of the period of the Three August Ones and Five Emperors in China.
• 2832 BC — Estimated germination of the Methuselah Tree, the oldest known living organism
• c. (2874 B.C.?) — The 365-day year was installed in ancient Egypt, with fixed lunar months of 30 days + 5 epagomenal days.^[1]
• 2807 BC — Suggested date for an asteroid or comet impact occurring between Africa and Antarctica, around the time of a solar eclipse on May 10, based on an analysis of flood stories. Possibly causing the Burckle crater and Fenambosy Chevron.^[2][3]
• Ur becomes one of the richest cities in Sumer^[4]

[edit] Significant persons

• Fu Hsi, legendary ruler of China (traditional dates: 2852 BC–2738 BC)

[edit] Decades and years

v • d • e Decades and years 29th century BC 31st century BC←30th century BC← ↔ →28th century BC→27th century BC 2909–2900 BC 2909 BC 2908 BC 2907 BC 2906 BC 2905 BC 2904 BC 2903 BC 2902 BC 2901 BC 2900 BC 2890s BC 2899 BC 2898 BC 2897 BC 2896 BC 2895 BC 2894 BC 2893 BC 2892 BC 2891 BC 2890 BC 2880s BC 2889 BC 2888 BC 2887 BC 2886 BC 2885 BC 2884 BC 2883 BC 2882 BC 2881 BC 2880 BC 2870s BC 2879 BC 2878 BC 2877 BC 2876 BC 2875 BC 2874 BC 2873 BC 2872 BC 2871 BC 2870 BC 2860s BC 2869 BC 2868 BC 2867 BC 2866 BC 2865 BC 2864 BC 2863 BC 2862 BC 2861 BC 2860 BC 2850s BC 2859 BC 2858 BC 2857 BC 2856 BC 2855 BC 2854 BC 2853 BC 2852 BC 2851 BC 2850 BC 2840s BC 2849 BC 2848 BC 2847 BC 2846 BC 2845 BC 2844 BC 2843 BC 2842 BC 2841 BC 2840 BC 2830s BC 2839 BC 2838 BC 2837 BC 2836 BC 2835 BC 2834 BC 2833 BC 2832 BC 2831 BC 2830 BC 2820s BC 2829 BC 2828 BC 2827 BC 2826 BC 2825 BC 2824 BC 2823 BC 2822 BC 2821 BC 2820 BC 2810s BC 2819 BC 2818 BC 2817 BC 2816 BC 2815 BC 2814 BC 2813 BC 2812 BC 2811 BC 2810 BC 2809–2800 BC 2809 BC 2808 BC 2807 BC 2806 BC 2805 BC 2804 BC 2803 BC 2802 BC 2801 BC 2800 BC 2790s BC 2799 BC 2798 BC 2797 BC 2796 BC 2795 BC 2794 BC 2793 BC 2792 BC 2791 BC 2790 BC

v • d • e Centuries and millennia Millennium Century BC 4th 40th 39th 38th 37th 36th 35th 34th 33rd 32nd 31st 3rd 30th 29th 28th 27th 26th 25th 24th 23rd 22nd 21st 2nd 20th 19th 18th 17th 16th 15th 14th 13th 12th 11th 1st 10th 9th 8th 7th 6th 5th 4th 3rd 2nd 1st AD 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 2nd 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 3rd 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 4th 31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th 36th 37th 38th 39th 40th

[edit] References

1. ^ http://www.leidenuniv.nl/nino/aeb93/aeb93_8.html
2. ^ Cambridge Conference Correspondence
3. ^ Did an Asteroid Impact Cause an Ancient Tsunami? - New York Times
4. ^ Iraq | Iraq Online Directory | Iraq Business Directory - About Iraq