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Millennium:	3rd millennium BC
Centuries:	30th century BC · 29th century BC · 28th century BC
Decades:	2890s BC 2880s BC 2870s BC 2860s BC 2850s BC 2840s BC 2830s BC 2820s BC 2810s BC 2800s BC
Categories:	Births – Deaths Establishments – Disestablishments

The 29th century BC is a century which lasted from the year 2900 BC to 2801 BC.

Events

• c. 2900 BC–2400 BC — Sumerian pictographs evolve into phonograms.
• 2900 BC–2334 BC — Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period.
• c. 2900 BC–2600 BC — Votive statues, from the Square Temple, Eshnunna (modern Tell Ashmar, Iraq) was made. It is now in the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. Excavated 1932–1933.
• 2897 BC — Hùng Vương established the Hồng Bàng Dynasty in Vietnam (then known as Văn Lang).^{[citation needed]}
• 2890 BC — Egypt: Pharaoh Qa'a died. End of First Dynasty, start of Second Dynasty. Pharaoh Hotepsekhemwy started to rule.
• 2880 BC — Estimated germination of the Prometheus Tree
• 2852 BC — The beginning of the period of the Three August Ones and Five Emperors in China.
• 2832 BC — Estimated germination of the Methuselah Tree, the oldest known living organism
• c. (2874 B.C.?) — The 365-day year was installed in ancient Egypt, with fixed lunar months of 30 days + 5 epagomenal days.^[1]
• 2807 BC — Suggested date for an asteroid or comet impact occurring between Africa and Antarctica, around the time of a solar eclipse on May 10, based on an analysis of flood stories. Possibly causing the Burckle crater and Fenambosy Chevron.^[2][3]
• Ur becomes one of the richest cities in Sumer^[4]

Significant persons

• Fu Hsi, legendary ruler of China (traditional dates: 2852 BC–2738 BC)

Decades and years

References

1. ^ http://www.leidenuniv.nl/nino/aeb93/aeb93_8.html
2. ^ Cambridge Conference Correspondence
3. ^ Did an Asteroid Impact Cause an Ancient Tsunami? - New York Times
4. ^ Iraq | Iraq Online Directory | Iraq Business Directory - About Iraq

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