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( 27th century BC - 26th century BC - 25th century BC - other centuries)

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

1 Events

2900 - 2334 BC – Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period.
2570 BC – Estimated date of completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2500 BC – The legendary line of Sanhuangwudi rulers of China is founded by Huang Di(approximate date).

2 Significant persons

Pharaoh Khufu (aka Cheops) of Egypt's Fourth Dynasty ruled from around 2589 to 2566 BC.

3 Inventions, discoveries, introductions

2575 BC – A footA foot is a non- SI unit of distance or length. The popular belief is that original standard was the length of a man's foot. The average foot length is about 240 mm (9. 4 in) for current Europeans. About 996 of 1000 British men have a foot that is less th defined as 26.45 cmTo help compare different orders of magnitude this page lists lengths between 10-1 m and 1 m (10 cm and 1 m). See also lengths of other orders of magnitude. Shorter lengths 10 cm is equal to 1 decimetre, 100 millimetres, 3. 9 inches, width of square of ar by Sumerian ruler GudeaBritish Museum London Gudea was a ruler ensi of the city of Lagash in Southern Mesopotamia who ruled ca. 2144 2124 BC. He probably came from outside, but had married Ninalla, daughter of the ruler Urbaba ( 2164 2144 BC) of Lagash, which gained him entranc of LagashLagash or Sirpurla was one of the oldest cities of Sumer and later Babylonia. It is represented by a rather low, long line of ruin mounds, now known as Tell al-Hiba in Iraq, northwest of the junction of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers and east of Uruk..
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Bactrian Camel and Dromedary are domesticated

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