27th century BC

(28th century BC – 27th century BC – 26th century BC – other centuries)

(4th millennium BC – 3rd millennium BC – 2nd millennium BC)

Events

• 2900 – 2334 BC — Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period
• 2775 – 2650 BC — Second Dynasty wars in Egypt
• Germination of the Bristlecone pine tree "Methuselah" about 2700 BC, the oldest tree still living now
• 2697 BC — According to Chinese tradition, in this year Huangdi (the Yellow Emperor) united the tribes of Central China. Traditionally regarded as the starting point of Chinese Civilisation
• 2686 BC — Egypt: End of Second Dynasty, start of Third Dynasty
• 2630 BC – 2611 BC – Reign of Djoser, Pharaoh of Egypt.
• 2630 – 2611 BC – Imhotep, Vizier of Egypt, constructs the Pyramid of Djoser
• 2627 – 2000 BC – Peru: Construction of the Caral metropolis
• 2613 BC — Egypt: End of Third Dynasty, start of Fourth Dynasty
• 2600 BC – End of the Early Dynastic II Period and the beginning of the Early Dynastic IIIa Period in Mesopotamia

Significant persons

• Gilgamesh, fourth King of Uruk in Sumer.
• Djoser, first Pharaoh of the Third dynasty of Egypt.
• Imhotep, Vizier of Egypt and architect.

Inventions, discoveries, introductions