21st century BC
(Redirected from 2001 BC)
(22nd century BC – 21st century BC – 20th century BC – other centuries)
(4th millennium BC – 3rd millennium BC – 2nd millennium BC)
Events
- 2130 – 2080 BC — Ninth Dynasty wars in Egypt
- 2112 – 2095 BC — Sumerian campaigns of Ur-Nammu
- 2091 — beginning of the Patriarchal Age is traditionally set in this year
- 2064 – 1986 BC — Twin Dynasty wars in Egypt
- 2049 BC – Oak trees for Seahenge felled.
- 2040 BC — End of Tenth dynasty of Egypt, start of Eleventh Dynasty
- 2034 – 2004 BC — Ur-Amorite wars
- 2004 BC — Elamite destruction of Ur
- 2000 BC — The town of Mantua was presumedly founded
- 2000 BC — Stonehenge is believed to have been completed
Significant persons
- Ur-Nammu, 3rd dynasty of Ur
- Shulgi of Urim
- According to Hindu tradition, lifetime of Rama, the 7th avatar of Vishnu
Inventions, discoveries, introductions
- 2000 BC — First written accounts of Schizophrenia.
- 2037 BC — Emperor Shen Nong makes first (perhaps mythical) tea drink by boiling fresh leaves
Categories: 21st century BC