2600s BC - Definition and Overview

(28th century BC - 27th century BC - 26th century BC - other centuries)

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

Events

• 2900 - 2334 BC -- Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period
• 2775 - 2650 BC -- Second Dynasty wars in Egypt
• Germination of the Bristlecone pine tree "Methuselah" about 2700 BC, the oldest tree still living now
• 2697 BC -- According to Chinese tradition, in this year Huangdi (the Yellow Emperor) united the tribes of Central China. Traditionally regarded as the starting point of Chinese Civilisation
• 2686 BC -- Egypt: End of Second Dynasty, start of Third Dynasty
• 2630 BC - 2611 BC - Reign of Djoser, Pharaoh of Egypt.
• 2630 - 2611 BC - Imhotep, Vizier of Egypt, constructs the Pyramid of Djoser
• 2627 - 2000 BC - Peru: Construction of the Caral metropolis
• 2613 BC -- Egypt: End of Third Dynasty, start of Fourth Dynasty
• 2600 BC - End of the Early Dynastic II Period and the beginning of the Early Dynastic IIIa Period in Mesopotamia

Significant persons

• Gilgamesh, fourth King of Uruk in Sumer.
• Djoser, first Pharaoh of the Third dynasty of Egypt.
• Imhotep, Vizier of Egypt and architect.

Inventions, discoveries, introductions