23rd century BC

Events



 * –2279 BC — 's conquest of.
 * c. 2300 BC — starts.
 * c. 2300 BC– — Disk of, from , (modern , ) is made. It is now in , ,.
 * c. 2300 BC–2200 BC — Head of a man from (modern, ) is made. It is now in ,.
 * c. 2300 BC — Canal (current name) is created when the waterway from the  to the natural lake (now ) is widened and deepened to create a canal.
 * c. 2289 BC —, the longest reigning monarch of all time, dies at the age of 100 after 94 years of rule.
 * c. 2288 BC–2224/2194 BC — Pepy II and his mother, Queen, , is made. It is now at The ,.
 * c. 2285 BC —, high priestess of the moon god in , was born.
 * c. 2254 BC–2218 BC — Stela of, probably from , discovered in (modern , ), is made. It is now in ,.
 * c. 2278 BC —  starts to rule (other date is 2383 BC).
 * c. 2215 BC — A army swept down from the  and defeated the demoralized  army. They took, the capital of , and destroyed it thoroughly.
 * c. — Metals started to be used in.

Significant persons

 * , founder of the and the earliest empire builder in recorded history

Births

 * The : (2254 BC),  (2212 BC), and  (2204 BC) according to the