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List of decades, centuries, and millennia. The list below includes links to articles with further details for each decade, century, and millennium from 15,000 BC to AD 3000. Century. Decades. 15th millennium BC · 15,000–14,001 BC. 14th millennium BC · 14,000–13,001 BC. 13th millennium BC · 13,000–12,001 BC. 12th millennium BC · 12,000 ...
c. 1920 BC: Jishi Gorge flood. It may have sparked the beginning of the first Chinese dynasty (Xia, Erlitou culture) [3] 1913 BC – 1903 BC: Egyptian - Nubian war. 1910 BC - Call of Abraham according to The Bible. c. 1900 BC: Shalim-ahum and his son Ilu-shuma began to rule the city of Assur at around this time.
20th millennium BC – rafts used on rivers. 7th millennium BC – Earliest known shoes. 6th millennium BC – Dugout canoes constructed. 4th millennium BC – The earliest vehicles may have been ox carts. [2] 3500 BCE – Domestication of the horse and invention of the wheel in Ancient Near East; Toys excavated from the Indus Valley ...
The Zhou dynasty (1046 BC to about 256 BC) is the longest-lasting dynasty in Chinese history, though its power declined steadily over the almost eight centuries of its existence. In the late 2nd millennium BC, the Zhou dynasty arose in the Wei River valley of modern western Shaanxi Province, where they were appointed Western Protectors by the ...
20th-century BC establishments. This category is for organizations, places, companies, or other things founded or established in the 20th century BC . The 20th century BC is the time period from the year 2000 BC to 1901 BC .
c. 2100–1900 BC: The beginning of the Middle Minoan civilization in Crete. [7] Bronze metallurgy and the potter's wheel are introduced, [8] as are Cretan hieroglyphs. [9] c. 2100–1800 BC – The Sintashta culture emerges in the northern Eurasian Steppe. [10] c. 2070 BC – Yu the Great establishes the Xia dynasty in China.
2nd millennium BC. The 2nd millennium BC spanned the years 2000 BC to 1001 BC. In the Ancient Near East, it marks the transition from the Middle to the Late Bronze Age. The Ancient Near Eastern cultures are well within the historical era: The first half of the millennium is dominated by the Middle Kingdom of Egypt and Babylonia.
The 10th millennium BC spanned the years 10,000 BC to 9001 BC (c. 12 ka to c. 11 ka). It marks the beginning of the transition from the Palaeolithic to the Neolithic via the interim Mesolithic (Northern Europe and Western Europe) and Epipaleolithic (Levant and Near East) periods, which together form the first part of the Holocene epoch that is generally believed to have begun c. 9700 BC (c. 11 ...