21st century BC

21st century BC

(22nd century BC - 21st century BC - 20th century BC - other centuries)

(4th millennium BC - 3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC)

Events:

2205 BC -- foundation of the Xia Dynasty in China
2130 - 2080 BC -- Ninth Dynasty wars in Egypt
2112 - 2095 BC -- Sumerian campaigns of Ur-Nammu
2064 - 1986 BC -- Twin Dynasty wars in Egypt
2049 BC - Oak trees for Seahenge felled.
2040 BC -- End of Tenth Dynasty[?]
2034 - 2004 BC -- Ur-Amorite[?] wars
2004 BC -- Elamite destruction of Ur
2000 BC -- The town of Mantua was presumedly founded

Significant persons:

According to Hindu tradition, lifetime of Rama, the 7th avatar of Vishnu

Inventions, Discoveries, Introductions:

2000 BC -- First written accounts of Schizophrenia.
2037 BC -- Emperor Shen Nong[?] makes first (perhaps mythical) tea drink by boiling fresh leaves