2205 BC - Definition and Overview

(24th century BC - 23rd century BC - 22nd century BC - other centuries)

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

Events

• 2334 - 2279 BC (short chronology) Sargon of Akkad's conquest of Mesopotamia
• 2217 - 2193 BC - Nomadic invasions of Akkad
• 2205 BC - Foundation of the Xia Dynasty of China by Xia Yu.

Significant persons

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

Inventions, discoveries, introductions