27th century BC

Events



 * – — n wars of the Early Dynastic period.
 * – — Second Dynasty wars in.
 * — Invention of as a beverage by, according to a Chinese legend.
 * Germination of the tree "" about, the oldest  still living now.
 * —  period ended in  (according to   ). This period includes 1st and 2nd Dyasties.
 * c. 2700 BC — started in . 3rd–6th Dynasties.
 * — According to tradition, in this year  (the ) united the tribes of . Traditionally regarded as the starting point of.
 * c. — Early Dynastic (Archaic) period ends in  (other date is 2700 BC).
 * c. 2686 BC — Old Kingdom starts in Ancient Egypt (other date is 2700 BC).
 * — : End of, start of .  died.   started to reign.
 * c. — Bull lyre, from the tomb of Queen,  (modern , ) was made. It is now in , ,.
 * c. –c. — Reign of,  of ,.
 * —  died.
 * c. —   starts to rule (other date is 2681 BC).
 * — period ends in.
 * c. 2660 BC — in  started (Another date is ).
 * c. 2648 BC —  dies (another date is 2662 BC).
 * – —, Vizier of , constructs the
 * – — : Construction of the metropolis.
 * — — End of, start of .   died.   started to reign.
 * c. 2613 BC – 2494 BC — The at  is built..
 * c. –c. —  at  are built for,  and ..
 * c. 2601 BC — started to rule in.
 * — Mature phase of the  begins. The cities of  and  become large metropolises and the civilization expands to over 2,500 cities and settlements across the whole of, much of northern India, and parts of  and , covering a region of around one million square miles, which was larger than the land area of its contemporaries  and  combined, and also had superior  and  systems. The civilization began using the mature  for its writing system.
 * — End of the Early Dynastic II Period and the beginning of the Early Dynastic IIIa Period in.
 * — begin to plant and domesticate.

Significant persons

 * , fourth King of in
 * , first of the Third dynasty of
 * , Vizier of and

Deaths

 * , son of, (3525 BC–2630 BC) according to the