22nd century BCE - Definition and Overview

(23rd century BC - 22nd century BC - 21st century BC - other centuries)

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

Events

• 2217 - 2193 BC -- Nomadic invasions of Akkad
• 2181 BC -- Egypt: End of Sixth Dynasty, start of Seventh Dynasty
• 2173 BC -- Egypt: End of Seventh Dynasty, start of Eighth Dynasty
• 2160 BC -- Egypt: End of Eighth Dynasty, start of Ninth Dynasty
• 2130 BC -- Egypt: End of Ninth Dynasty, start of Tenth Dynasty
• 2116 - 2110 BC -- Uruk-Gutian war
• 2112 - 2095 BC -- Sumerian campaigns of Ur-Nammu

Significant persons

• Gudea
• Ur-Nammu

Inventions, discoveries, introductions