28TH CENTURY BC

Contents

Events

Births

Deaths

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

Decades and Years

Events

★ c. 2800 BC–2700 BC — Harp Player, from Keros, Cyclades, is made. It is now at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

★ 2775 BC–2650 BC — Second Dynasty wars in Egypt.

★ 2750 BC — End of the Early Dynastic I Period, and the beginning of the Early Dynastic II Period in Mesopotamia.

★ c. 2715 BC — Old Kingdom starts in Ancient Egypt (Another date is 2660 BC).

Births

★ Noah (2704 BC–1753 BC) according to the Hebrew Calendar

Deaths

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

★ Seth, son of Adam and Eve, (3630 BC–2713 BC) according to the Hebrew Calendar

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

★ circa 2750 BC — Silbury Hill begun

Decades and Years