Millennium:	3rd millennium BC
Centuries:	22nd century BC · 21st century BC · 20th century BC
Decades:	2090s BC 2080s BC 2070s BC 2060s BC 2050s BC 2040s BC 2030s BC 2020s BC 2010s BC 2000s BC
Categories:	Births – Deaths Establishments – Disestablishments

The 21st century BC is a century which lasted from the year 2100 BC to 2001 BC.

Contents 1 Events 2 Significant persons 3 Births 4 Inventions, discoveries, introductions 5 Decades and years

[edit] Events

• c. 2100 BC – c. 2050 BC: Nanna Ziggurat, Ur (modern Muqaiyir, Iraq) is built.
• 2091 BC: Beginning of the Patriarchal Age is traditionally set in this year.
• 2080 BC: Ninth Dynasty wars in Egypt.
• 2080 BC: First Intermediate Period of Egypt ends. Middle Kingdom starts in Ancient Egypt.
• 2071 BC: Magh Ithe, first recorded battle in Ireland myths.
• 2070 BC (disputable): Yu the Great set up the Xia Dynasty, which isn't verified by archeological findings, some propose the Erlitou culture.
• 2064 BC – 1986 BC: Twin Dynasty wars in Egypt.
• c. 2055 BC: End of First Intermediate Period of Egypt (another date is 2040 BC).
• c. 2055 BC: Middle Kingdom starts in Ancient Egypt (other date is 2040 BC).
• c. 2055 BC: Prince Mentuhotep II from Thebes manages to reunite Ancient Egypt (other date is 2040 BC).
• c. 2055 BC: Pharaoh Mentuhotep II starts to rule in Ancient Egypt.
• c. 2055 BC – 1985 BC: Funerary Stele of Amenemhat I is made. Eleventh Dynasty of Egypt. Excavated in 1915–1916. It is now kept in Egyptian Museum, Cairo. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
• 2049 BC: Oak trees for Seahenge felled.
• c. 2040 BC: End of First Intermediate Period of Egypt. Start of Middle Kingdom. 11th–14th Dynasties.
• 2040 BC: Beginning of the Xia Dynasty, the first dynasty and government system in China.
• 2040 BC: Pharaoh Merykare died. End of Tenth dynasty of Egypt. Pharaoh Mentuhotep II started to rule. Start of Eleventh Dynasty.
• 2034 BC – 2004 BC: Ur–Amorite wars.
• 2018 BC: The first Americans from Asia finish their migration to America.
• c. 2009 BC – 1997 BC: Funerary temple of Mentuhotep III was built. Eleventh Dynasty.
• 2004 BC: Elamite destruction of Ur.
• c. 2004 BC: Pharaoh Mentuhotep II, Eleventh dynasty of Egypt dies.
• c. 2000 BC: Aegean Bronze Age ends.

[edit] Significant persons

• Ur-Nammu, 3rd dynasty of Ur
• Shulgi of Urim
• According to Abrahamic religious tradition, the era of the Patriarch Abraham (however, other datings include 19th Cent. BC, and/or 17th Cent. through 15th Cent. BC)
• According to Hindu tradition, lifetime of Rama, the 7th avatar of Vishnu

[edit] Births

• Salah, son of Arpachshad, (2067–1634 BC) according to the Hebrew Calendar
• Eber, son of Shelah, (2037–1573 BC) according to the Hebrew Calendar
• Peleg, son of Eber, (2003–1764 BC) according to the Hebrew Calendar

[edit] Inventions, discoveries, introductions

• 2100 BC—Earliest extant law code in Mesopotamia, the Code of Ur-Nammu
• 2037 BC—Emperor Shen Nong makes first (perhaps mythical) tea drink by boiling fresh leaves

[edit] Decades and years

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