The 20th century BC is a century which lasted from the year 2000 BC to 1901 BC. [edit] Events  The pyramid ruin of Amenemhet I at Lisht. He was the founder of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt
- 2000 BC: Arrival of the ancestors of the Latins in Italy.
- 2000 BC: Town of Mantua is presumably founded.
- 2000 BC: Apopi Alexandru the great is born which is going to be king of the world and is going to live forever.
- 2000 BC: Stonehenge is believed to have been completed.
- 2000 BC: Farmers and herders travel south from Ethiopia and settle in Kenya.
- 2000 BC: Horses are tamed and used for transport.
- c. 2000 BC: First of the Minoan palaces on Crete.
- c. 2000 BC: Site of palace complex Knossos starts to be occupied.
- c. 2000 BC: Decline of Harappan civilization starts.
- c. 2000 BC: Bronze Age starts in north Ancient China.
- c. 2000 BC – Torso, from Harappa, Indus Valley Civilization, is made. It is now kept at National Museum, New Delhi.
- c. 2000 BC-1900 BC – Torso of a "priest-king", from Mohenjo-Daro, Indus Valley civilization, is made. It is now kept at National Museum of Pakistan, Karachi.
- 2040 BC – 1556 BC: Xia Dynasty in China, Olmec civilization (Mesoamerica).
- 2064 BC – 1986 BC: Twin Dynasty wars in Egypt.
- c. 2000 BC: Middle Jōmon period ends in Japan.
- c. 2000 BC: Vessel, from Asahi Mound, Toyama Prefecture, is made. Jōmon period. It is now kept at Collection of Tokyo University.
- c. 2000 BC: Dogū, from Kurokoma, Yamanashi Prefecture, is made. Jōmon period. It is now kept at Tokyo National Museum.
- 1991 BC: Egypt: Pharaoh Mentuhotep IV died. End of Eleventh Dynasty. Pharaoh Amenemhat I started to rule. Start of Twelfth Dynasty.
- c. 1985 BC: Political authority becomes less centralized in Ancient Egypt.
- c. 1985 BC – 1795 BC: Rock-cut tombs at Beni Hasan were made. Twelfth Dynasty.
- c. 1985 BC – 1795 BC: "Hippopotamus", from the tomb of Senbi (governor) (Tomb B.3) at Meir was made. Twelfth Dynasty. It is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
- February 27, 1953 BC: A very close alignment of the naked-eye planets takes place in which these planets are together in a span of 4.3 degrees.
- c. 1942 BC: The so-called king of Leubingen (today part of Sömmerda) is buried in a large barrow within a 66 foot wide stone cairn inside a ring ditch.
- 1932 BC: Amorite conquest of Ur.
- c. 1928 BC – 1895 BC: "Harvest scene", tempera fascimile by Nina de Garis Davies of wall painting in the tomb of Khnumhotep, Beni Hasan. Twelfth Dynasty.
- 1913 BC – 1903 BC: Egyptian-Nubian war.
[edit] Births - 1973 BC—Reu, son of Peleg, according to the Hebrew Calendar
- 1941 BC—Serug, son of Reu, according to the Hebrew Calendar
- 1911 BC—Nahor, son of Serug, according to the Hebrew Calendar
[edit] Inventions, discoveries, introductions [edit] In fiction - ~1600 BC: Setting for Valley of the Kings (Cecilia Holland)
- 2000 BC: See Stonehenge (novel)
- A rumored film called 2,000 BC,2011 is set in 2,000 BC and focuses on a tribe of Mongolians migrating to America.
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