23rd century BC

Millennium:	3rd millennium BC
Centuries:	24th century BC · 23rd century BC · 22nd century BC
Decades:	2290s BC 2280s BC 2270s BC 2260s BC 2250s BC 2240s BC 2230s BC 2220s BC 2210s BC 2200s BC
Categories:	Births – Deaths Establishments – Disestablishments

Events

Ruins of the pyramid complex of Pepi II, the longest reigning monarch in recorded history

• 2334–2279 BC — (short chronology) Sargon of Akkad's conquest of Mesopotamia.
• c. 2300 BC — Bronze Age starts.
• c. 2300 BC–2184 BC — Disk of Enheduanna, from Ur, (modern Muqaiyir, Iraq) is made. It is now in University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
• c. 2300 BC–2200 BC — Head of a man from Nineveh (modern Kuyunjik, Iraq) is made. It is now in Iraq Museum, Baghdad.
• c. 2300 BC — Canal Bahr Yusuf (current name) is created when the waterway from the Nile to the natural lake (now Lake Karun) is widened and deepened to create a canal.
• c. 2289 BC — Pepi II Neferkare, 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 Merye-ankhnes, Sixth dynasty of Egypt, is made. It is now at The Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York.
• c. 2285 BC — Enheduanna, high priestess of the moon god Nanna in Ur, was born.
• c. 2254 BC–2218 BC — Stela of Naram-Sin, probably from Sippar, discovered in Susa (modern Shush, Iran), is made. It is now in Musée du Louvre, Paris.
• c. 2278 BC — Pharaoh Pepi II starts to rule (other date is 2383 BC).
• c. 2215 BC — A Guti army swept down from the Zagros Mountains and defeated the demoralized Akkadian army. They took Agade, the capital of Akkad, and destroyed it thoroughly.
• c. 2300 BC — Metals started to be used in Northern Europe.

Significant persons

• Sargon of Akkad, founder of the Akkadian Empire and the earliest empire builder in recorded history

Births

• The sons of Noah: Japheth (2254 BC), Shem (2212 BC), and Ham (2204 BC) according to the Hebrew Calendar

Deaths

• 2279 BC — Sargon I

Decades and years

[[::Decades|Decades]] and [[::Years|Years]]

23rd century BC

[[::25th century BC|25th century BC]] ←[[::24th century BC|24th century BC]] ← ↔ →[[::22nd century BC|22nd century BC]]→[[::21st century BC|21st century BC]]

[[::2309–2300 BC|2309–2300 BC ]]	[[::2309 BC|2309 BC ]]	[[::2308 BC|2308 BC ]]	[[::2307 BC|2307 BC ]]	[[::2306 BC|2306 BC ]]	[[::2305 BC|2305 BC ]]	[[::2304 BC|2304 BC ]]	[[::2303 BC|2303 BC ]]	[[::2302 BC|2302 BC ]]	[[::2301 BC|2301 BC ]]	[[::2300 BC|2300 BC ]]
[[::2290s BC|2290s BC ]]	[[::2299 BC|2299 BC ]]	[[::2298 BC|2298 BC ]]	[[::2297 BC|2297 BC ]]	[[::2296 BC|2296 BC ]]	[[::2295 BC|2295 BC ]]	[[::2294 BC|2294 BC ]]	[[::2293 BC|2293 BC ]]	[[::2292 BC|2292 BC ]]	[[::2291 BC|2291 BC ]]	[[::2290 BC|2290 BC ]]
[[::2280s BC|2280s BC ]]	[[::2289 BC|2289 BC ]]	[[::2288 BC|2288 BC ]]	[[::2287 BC|2287 BC ]]	[[::2286 BC|2286 BC ]]	[[::2285 BC|2285 BC ]]	[[::2284 BC|2284 BC ]]	[[::2283 BC|2283 BC ]]	[[::2282 BC|2282 BC ]]	[[::2281 BC|2281 BC ]]	[[::2280 BC|2280 BC ]]
[[::2270s BC|2270s BC ]]	[[::2279 BC|2279 BC ]]	[[::2278 BC|2278 BC ]]	[[::2277 BC|2277 BC ]]	[[::2276 BC|2276 BC ]]	[[::2275 BC|2275 BC ]]	[[::2274 BC|2274 BC ]]	[[::2273 BC|2273 BC ]]	[[::2272 BC|2272 BC ]]	[[::2271 BC|2271 BC ]]	[[::2270 BC|2270 BC ]]
[[::2260s BC|2260s BC ]]	[[::2269 BC|2269 BC ]]	[[::2268 BC|2268 BC ]]	[[::2267 BC|2267 BC ]]	[[::2266 BC|2266 BC ]]	[[::2265 BC|2265 BC ]]	[[::2264 BC|2264 BC ]]	[[::2263 BC|2263 BC ]]	[[::2262 BC|2262 BC ]]	[[::2261 BC|2261 BC ]]	[[::2260 BC|2260 BC ]]
[[::2250s BC|2250s BC ]]	[[::2259 BC|2259 BC ]]	[[::2258 BC|2258 BC ]]	[[::2257 BC|2257 BC ]]	[[::2256 BC|2256 BC ]]	[[::2255 BC|2255 BC ]]	[[::2254 BC|2254 BC ]]	[[::2253 BC|2253 BC ]]	[[::2252 BC|2252 BC ]]	[[::2251 BC|2251 BC ]]	[[::2250 BC|2250 BC ]]
[[::2240s BC|2240s BC ]]	[[::2249 BC|2249 BC ]]	[[::2248 BC|2248 BC ]]	[[::2247 BC|2247 BC ]]	[[::2246 BC|2246 BC ]]	[[::2245 BC|2245 BC ]]	[[::2244 BC|2244 BC ]]	[[::2243 BC|2243 BC ]]	[[::2242 BC|2242 BC ]]	[[::2241 BC|2241 BC ]]	[[::2240 BC|2240 BC ]]
[[::2230s BC|2230s BC ]]	[[::2239 BC|2239 BC ]]	[[::2238 BC|2238 BC ]]	[[::2237 BC|2237 BC ]]	[[::2236 BC|2236 BC ]]	[[::2235 BC|2235 BC ]]	[[::2234 BC|2234 BC ]]	[[::2233 BC|2233 BC ]]	[[::2232 BC|2232 BC ]]	[[::2231 BC|2231 BC ]]	[[::2230 BC|2230 BC ]]
[[::2220s BC|2220s BC ]]	[[::2229 BC|2229 BC ]]	[[::2228 BC|2228 BC ]]	[[::2227 BC|2227 BC ]]	[[::2226 BC|2226 BC ]]	[[::2225 BC|2225 BC ]]	[[::2224 BC|2224 BC ]]	[[::2223 BC|2223 BC ]]	[[::2222 BC|2222 BC ]]	[[::2221 BC|2221 BC ]]	[[::2220 BC|2220 BC ]]
[[::2210s BC|2210s BC ]]	[[::2219 BC|2219 BC ]]	[[::2218 BC|2218 BC ]]	[[::2217 BC|2217 BC ]]	[[::2216 BC|2216 BC ]]	[[::2215 BC|2215 BC ]]	[[::2214 BC|2214 BC ]]	[[::2213 BC|2213 BC ]]	[[::2212 BC|2212 BC ]]	[[::2211 BC|2211 BC ]]	[[::2210 BC|2210 BC ]]
[[::2209–2200 BC|2209–2200 BC ]]	[[::2209 BC|2209 BC ]]	[[::2208 BC|2208 BC ]]	[[::2207 BC|2207 BC ]]	[[::2206 BC|2206 BC ]]	[[::2205 BC|2205 BC ]]	[[::2204 BC|2204 BC ]]	[[::2203 BC|2203 BC ]]	[[::2202 BC|2202 BC ]]	[[::2201 BC|2201 BC ]]	[[::2200 BC|2200 BC ]]
[[::2190s BC|2190s BC ]]	[[::2199 BC|2199 BC ]]	[[::2198 BC|2198 BC ]]	[[::2197 BC|2197 BC ]]	[[::2196 BC|2196 BC ]]	[[::2195 BC|2195 BC ]]	[[::2194 BC|2194 BC ]]	[[::2193 BC|2193 BC ]]	[[::2192 BC|2192 BC ]]	[[::2191 BC|2191 BC ]]	[[::2190 BC|2190 BC ]]

[[::Centuries|Centuries]] and [[::Millennia|Millennia]]

Millennium	Century
Before Christ / Before Common Era (BC/BCE)
[[::4th millennium BC|4th]]:	[[::40th century BC|40th]]	[[::39th century BC|39th]]	[[::38th century BC|38th]]	[[::37th century BC|37th]]	[[::36th century BC|36th]]	[[::35th century BC|35th]]	[[::34th century BC|34th]]	[[::33rd century BC|33rd]]	[[::32nd century BC|32nd]]	[[::31st century BC|31st]]
[[::3rd millennium BC|3rd]]:	[[::30th century BC|30th]]	[[::29th century BC|29th]]	[[::28th century BC|28th]]	[[::27th century BC|27th]]	[[::26th century BC|26th]]	[[::25th century BC|25th]]	[[::24th century BC|24th]]	[[::23rd century BC|23rd]]	[[::22nd century BC|22nd]]	[[::21st century BC|21st]]
[[::2nd millennium BC|2nd]]:	[[::20th century BC|20th]]	[[::19th century BC|19th]]	[[::18th century BC|18th]]	[[::17th century BC|17th]]	[[::16th century BC|16th]]	[[::15th century BC|15th]]	[[::14th century BC|14th]]	[[::13th century BC|13th]]	[[::12th century BC|12th]]	[[::11th century BC|11th]]
[[::1st millennium BC|1st]]:	[[::10th century BC|10th]]	[[::9th century BC|9th]]	[[::8th century BC|8th]]	[[::7th century BC|7th]]	[[::6th century BC|6th]]	[[::5th century BC|5th]]	[[::4th century BC|4th]]	[[::3rd century BC|3rd]]	[[::2nd century BC|2nd]]	[[::1st century BC|1st]]
Anno Domini / Common Era (AD/CE)
[[::1st millennium|1st]]:	[[::1st century|1st]]	[[::2nd century|2nd]]	[[::3rd century|3rd]]	[[::4th century|4th]]	[[::5th century|5th]]	[[::6th century|6th]]	[[::7th century|7th]]	[[::8th century|8th]]	[[::9th century|9th]]	[[::10th century|10th]]
[[::2nd millennium|2nd]]:	[[::11th century|11th]]	[[::12th century|12th]]	[[::13th century|13th]]	[[::14th century|14th]]	[[::15th century|15th]]	[[::16th century|16th]]	[[::17th century|17th]]	[[::18th century|18th]]	[[::19th century|19th]]	[[::20th century|20th]]
[[::3rd millennium|3rd]]:	[[::21st century|21st]]	[[::22nd century|22nd]]	[[::23rd century|23rd]]	[[::24th century|24th]]	[[::25th century|25th]]	[[::26th century|26th]]	[[::27th century|27th]]	[[::28th century|28th]]	[[::29th century|29th]]	[[::30th century|30th]]
[[::4th millennium|4th]]:	[[::31st century|31st]]