26TH CENTURY BC

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Events

Significant people

Deaths

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

Decades and Years

Events

★ 'c. 2900 BC–2334 BC' — Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period continue.

★ 'c. 2600 BC' — The Harappan civilization rises to become a powerful civilization.

★ 'c. 2600 BC' — Pre-Palace Period, phase I, in Crete (Mellersh 1970)

★ 'c. 2600 BC–2500 BC' — Wild horses still provide hunting feasts in Denmark. (Clutton-Brock)

★ 'c. 2589 BC' — Pharaoh Khufu starts to rule (other date is 2601 BC).

★ 'c. 2578 BC' — Khufu died.

★ 'c. 2575 BC' — Old Kingdom in Egypt 4th Dynasty Snofru is Pharaoh. (Atlas of Egypt 1989)

★ 'c. 2570 BC' — Khafra started to rule in Ancient Egypt.

★ 'c. 2566 BC' — Pharaoh Khufu dies (other date is 2578 BC).

★ 'c. 2558 BC' — Pharaoh Khafra starts to rule (other date is 2570 BC).

★ 'c. 2550 BC' — Estimated date of completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.

★ 'c. 2550 BC' — Egyptian rulers contact Western Desert oases, such as Dakhla Oasis.

★ 'c. 2550 BC' — About this time, Mesannepadda is king of Ur (followed by his son, A-annepadda) who founds the First Dynasty of Ur and overthrows the last king of Uruk, as well as Mesalim of Kish. [Roux 1980]

★ 'c. 2544 BC' — Khafra died.

★ 'c. 2533 BC' — Menkaura started to rule in Ancient Egypt.

★ 'c. 2532 BC' — Pharaoh Khafra dies (other date is 2544 BC).

★ 'c. 2532 BC' — Pharaoh Menkaura starts to rule (other date is 2533 BC).

★ 'c. 2515 BC' — Menkaura died.

★ 'c. 2510 BC – 2460 BC' — Ti watching a hippopotamus hunt, tomb of Ti, Saqqara, Fifth dynasty of Egypt, is made. Discovered by French archeologist Auguste Mariette in 1865.

★ 'c. 2503 BC' Pharaoh Menkaura dies (other date is 2515 BC).

★ 'c. 2500 BC' — The legendary line of Sanhuangwudi rulers of China is founded by Huang Di.

★ 'c. 2500 BC' — the construction of the stone circle at Stonehenge begins and continues for the next five hundred years.

★ 'c. 2500 BC' — "Menkaura and a Queen, perhaps his wife, Queen Khamerernebty II" sculpture, later found at Giza. Fourth Dynasty. It is now in Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Significant people

★ 'c. 2601 BC–2578 BC' — reign of Pharaoh Khufu of Egypt's Fourth Dynasty

★ '2599' — Huni is Pharaoh. (Atlas of Egypt 1989)

★ '2575' — Old Kingdom in Egypt; 4th Dynasty; Snofru is Pharaoh. (Atlas of Egypt 1989)

★ '2528' — Ra'djedef is Pharaoh. (Atlas of Egypt 1989)

★ '2520' — Khep-heren (Ra'kha'ef) is Pharaoh. (Atlas of Egypt 1989)

Deaths

★ Kenan, son of Enos, (3435 BC–2525 BC) according to the Hebrew Calendar

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

★ Rock drawings at Rødøy in Norway show the use of skis

★ Bactrian Camel and Dromedary are domesticated

Decades and Years