29th century BC

The 29th century BC is a century which was from the year 2900 BC to 2801 BC.

Millennium: 3rd millennium BC
Centuries:
Timelines:
State leaders:
  • 30th century BC
  • 29th century BC
  • 28th century BC
Decades:
  • 2890s BC
  • 2880s BC
  • 2870s BC
  • 2860s BC
  • 2850s BC
  • 2840s BC
  • 2830s BC
  • 2820s BC
  • 2810s BC
  • 2800s BC
Categories: Births – Deaths
Establishments – Disestablishments

Events
The grove in which the Prometheus Tree grew, with the Wheeler Peak headwall in the distance.
  • c. 2900 BC – 2400 BC: Sumerian pictographs evolve into phonograms.
  • 2900 BC – 2334 BC: Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period.
  • c. 2900 BC – 2600 BC: Votive statues, from the Square Temple, Eshnunna (modern Tell Ashmar, Iraq) was made. It is now in the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. Excavated 1932–1933.
  • 2897 BC: Hùng Vương established the Hồng Bàng Dynasty in Vietnam (then known as Văn Lang).
  • 2890 BC: Egypt: Pharaoh Qa'a died. End of First Dynasty, start of Second Dynasty. Pharaoh Hotepsekhemwy started to rule.
  • 2880 BC: Estimated germination of the Prometheus Tree
  • c. 2874 B.C.: The 365-day calendar year was started in ancient Egypt, with fixed lunar months of 30 days + 5 epagomenal days.[1]
  • 2852 BC: The beginning of the period of the Three August Ones and Five Emperors in China.
  • 2832 BC: Estimated germination of the Methuselah Tree, the oldest known living organism
  • 2807 BC: Possible date for an asteroid or comet impact occurring between Africa and Antarctica, around the time of a solar eclipse on May 10, based on flood stories. Possibly causing the Burckle crater and Fenambosy Chevron.[2][3]
  • Ur becomes one of the richest cities in Sumer[4]

References
  1. "Viii Science And Technology". Archived from the original on 2006-05-02. Retrieved 2012-05-17.
  2. "Cambridge Conference Correspondence". defendgaia.org.
  3. Blakeslee, Sandra (14 November 2006). "Did an Asteroid Impact Cause an Ancient Tsunami?" – via NYTimes.com.
  4. "About Iraq Editorial". www.iraqdirectory.com. Archived from the original on 2019-02-18. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
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