- 25th century BC
The 25th century BC is a
century which lasted from the year 2500 BC to 2401 BC.Events
*c. 2900 BC–2334 BC —
Mesopotamia n wars of the Early Dynastic period.
*c. 2500 BC — Scribal schools flourish throughoutSumer .
*c. 2500 BC — Cylinder seal fromSumer and its impression are made. It is now in theMetropolitan Museum of Art ,New York .
*c. 2500 BC — Excavation and development of theHypogeum of Ħal-Saflieni atPaola ,Malta , a subterranean templex complex subsequently used as anecropolis .
*c. 2500 BC —Valley Temple of Khafra ,Giza , is built.
*c. 2500 BC — People inPeru rely on fish and mussels for food.
*c. 2494 BC — End of Fourth Dynasty, start of Fifth Dynasty in Egypt. Construction of the Pyramids begins.
*c. 2494 BC – 2345 BC: "Sculptors at work", relief fromSaqqara ,Fifth Dynasty . It is now atEgyptian Museum ,Cairo ,Egypt .
*c. 2494 BC – 2345 BC: "Seated Scribe" from tomb ofvizier Kai ,Saqqara ,sculpture ,Fifth dynasty of Egypt is made. It is now inMusée du Louvre ,Paris .
*2492 BC — Traditional date for the legendary foundation of the Armenian nation (seeHaik ).
*2467 BC — According to Chinese tradition, in this yearHuangdi (theYellow Emperor ) risen from the tribes ofZhongyuan . Traditionally regarded as the starting point of Chinese Civilization.
*c. 2450 BC — End of the Early Dynastic IIIa Period and beginning of the Early Dynastic IIIb Period inSumer .
*c. 2450 BC —Kish is lost toKhamazi tribesmen of theKurdistan mountains;Elamites fromAwan occupy parts of Sumer. (Roux 1980)
*c. 2410 BC — By this time, kings inSumer have ceased to be automaticallyhigh priest s of thecity deity . (Roux 1980)Semitic infiltration and conquest ofMesopotamia begins. (1968 RD Almanac)
*Megalithic culture comes toIreland fromSpain , spreading also throughEurope and the westernMediterranean . (1968 RD Almanac)
*Celts begin invadingEurope from the east. (1968 RD Almanac)
*Earliest signs ofBattle Axe Culture from theCaucasus . (Encyc. Americana)
*SoutheasternSpain is settled from theMediterranean , by people usingPredynastic Egypt ian-style pottery. (Encyc. Americana)
*Amorites andCanaanites occupySyria andLebanon . (Encyc. Americana)ignificant persons
*2492 —
Haik foundsArmenia
*2491 — Mythical ChineseEmperor Huang-Ti (Hirth)
*2490 —Menkaura isPharaoh . (Atlas of Egypt 1989)
*2475 —Shepseskaf is Pharaoh. (Atlas of Egypt 1989)
*2465 —Fifth dynasty of Egypt ;Userkaf is Pharaoh (Atlas of Egypt 1989)
*2458 —Sahure is Pharaoh (Atlas of Egypt 1989)
*2446 —Neferirkare Kakai is Pharaoh (Atlas of Egypt 1989)
*2426 —Shepseskare Isi is Pharaoh (Atlas of Egypt 1989)
*c. 2425 — Death ofEannatum ofLagash ; succeeded by his nephew,Entemena , whose ally,Lugal-kinishe-dudu , unitesUruk andUr (Roux 1980)
*2419 — Ra'neferef is Pharaoh (Atlas of Egypt 1989)
*2416 —Nyuserre Ini is Pharaoh (Atlas of Egypt 1989)Deaths
*
Mahalalel , son ofKenan , (3365 BC–2470 BC) according to theHebrew Calendar Inventions, discoveries, introductions
* Harappan civilisation, at its peak, covered an area of around 480,000 km². Its heartland lay in the
Indus river valley inPakistan , but settlements spread as far as the Makran coast, Baluchistan,Afghanistan , eastern Punjab,Kutch and Saurashtra. They included cities likeHarappa ,Mohenjo-daro ,Kalibangan ,Dholavira , ports likeLothal ,Sutkagen-dor andSotka-koh and numerous villages as well. They used irrigation to farm and constructed cities. The two main cities had sewage systems, bronze, trade tokens (early coins), and hieroglyphs. There were even baths at one of the villages, besides the great baths of brick in each city. Geometry of shrines and altars tends to identify these with the cities of theYajur Veda : they might easily be a thousand years older than this conservative date.
*Cycladic marble figures depict the use of both the musicalpipe and thekithara form oflyre . (Archaeology of the Olympics 1988)
*Earliest survivingski is left in apeat bog atHoting ,Sweden , about this time. (Encyc. Americana)
*Sumerians use domestic asses on warchariots (Standard of Ur), notonager s as early interpreters claimed. (Clutton-Brock)
*Agriculture atPrieta Huaca includescotton andbottle-gourd s. (Bailey 1973)Decades and years
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