Century

23rd century BCE

The years 2300 – 2201 BCE. The atlas records 5 events begun in them: the most significant follow, region by region, with the realms of the age and its wonders, trade routes, faiths and great people.

INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION
The world in 2250 BCE
  • Realms with a page of their own
  • Others the atlas draws, from Cliopatria

Headlines

The most significant events, wherever they happened
  1. 2300 – 687 BCEMUL.APINEvent
  2. 2205 – 2070 BCEFounding of Xia dynastyFounding · East Asia
  3. 2216 BCEFall of Old Kingdom of EgyptCollapse · North Africa
  4. 2240 BCEFall of EblaCollapse · Middle East
  5. 2270s BCEConstruction of Manishtushu ObeliskConstruction

Realms of the age

Our civilizations alive in these years, by home region. Each track is the century, its bar the realm’s years.

North Africa

Middle East

Europe

  • Minoan3300 – 1100 BCE · culture sphere

South Asia

Wonders

Being built, or standing

Standing

Trade routes

Carrying trade in these years

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