25th century BC

Events



 * c. 2900 BC–2334 BC — n wars of the Early Dynastic period.
 * c. 2500 BC — schools flourish throughout.
 * c. 2500 BC — Cylinder seal from and its impression are made. It is now in the,.
 * c. 2500 BC — Excavation and development of the at, , a subterranean templex complex subsequently used as a.
 * c. 2500 BC —, , is built.
 * c. 2500 BC - People in relies on fish and mussels for food.
 * c. 2494 BC — End of, start of in Egypt. The Pyramids begin construction.
 * c. 2494 BC – 2345 BC: "Sculptors at work", relief from, . It is now at , ,.
 * c. 2494 BC – 2345 BC: "Seated Scribe" from tomb of, , ,  is made. It is now in ,.
 * 2492 BC — Traditional date for the legendary foundation of the (see ).
 * c. 2450 BC — End of the Early Dynastic IIIa Period and beginning of the Early Dynastic IIIb Period in.
 * c. 2450 BC — is lost to  tribesmen of the  mountains;  from  occupy parts of Sumer.  (Roux 1980)
 * c. 2410 BC — By this time, in  have ceased to be automatically  of the .  (Roux 1980)  infiltration and conquest of  begins.  (1968 RD Almanac)
 * comes to from, spreading also through  and the western . (1968 RD Almanac)
 * begin invading from the east. (1968 RD Almanac)
 * Earliest signs of from the . (Encyc. Americana)
 * Southeastern is settled from the, by people using -style pottery. (Encyc. Americana)
 * begins to be settled by and others. (1968 RD Almanac)
 * and occupy  and . (Encyc. Americana)

Significant persons

 * 2491 — Mythical   (Hirth)
 * 2490 — is . (Atlas of Egypt 1989)
 * 2475 — is Pharaoh. (Atlas of Egypt 1989)
 * 2465 — ; is Pharaoh (Atlas of Egypt 1989)
 * 2458 — is Pharaoh (Atlas of Egypt 1989)
 * 2446 — is Pharaoh (Atlas of Egypt 1989)
 * 2426 — is Pharaoh (Atlas of Egypt 1989)
 * c. 2425 — Death of of ; succeeded by his nephew,, whose ally, , unites  and  (Roux 1980)
 * 2419 — is Pharaoh (Atlas of Egypt 1989)
 * 2416 — is Pharaoh (Atlas of Egypt 1989)

Deaths

 * , son of, (3365 BC–2470 BC) according to the

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

 * , at its peak, covered an area of around . Its heartland lay in the  valley in, but settlements spread as far as the Makran coast, , , eastern ,  and . They included cities like , , , , ports like ,  and  and numerous villages as well. They used irrigation to farm and constructed cities. The two main cities had sewage systems, bronze, trade tokens (early coins), and hieroglyphs. There were even baths at one of the villages, besides the great baths of brick in each city. Geometry of shrines and altars tends to identify these with the cities of the : they might easily be a thousand years older than this conservative date.
 * figures depict the use of both the musical and the  form of . (Archaeology of the Olympics 1988)
 * Earliest surviving is left in a  at, , about this time. (Encyc. Americana)
 * use domestic on war  (Standard of Ur), not s as early interpreters claimed. (Clutton-Brock)
 * at includes  and . (Bailey 1973)