2400 BC - Definition and Overview

(25th century BC - 24th century BC - 23rd century BC - other centuries)

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

Events

• 2900 - 2334 BC -- Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period
• 2350 BC - End of the Early Dynastic IIIb Period in Mesopotamia
• 2334 - 2279 BC -- Sargon of Akkad's conquest of Mesopotamia
• 2345 BC -- End of Fifth Dynasty, start of Sixth Dynasty in Egypt
• 2333 BC -- Foundation of Korea (Gojoseon) according to the 15th-century history book Dongguk Tonggam.

Significant persons

• Urukagina
• Sargon of Akkad
• Enheduanna, daughter of Sargon, priestess and the first author known by name
• Dangun

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

• The first official mentioning of beekeeping in Egypt

Source: [1] (http://www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/timelines/topics/beekeeping.htm) Ancient Egypt: Beekeeping and wax