29th century BC

One hundred years, from 2900 BC to 2801 BC

Millennium
3rd millennium BC
Centuries
30th century BC 29th century BC 28th century BC
Timelines
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State leaders
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Decades
2890s BC 2880s BC 2870s BC 2860s BC 2850s BC 2840s BC 2830s BC 2820s BC 2810s BC 2800s BC
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The 29th century BC was a century that lasted from the year 2900 BC to 2801 BC.

Events

c. 2900 BC: Beginning of the Early Dynastic Period I in Sumer.^[1]
c. 2900 BC – 2600 BC: Votive statues from the Square Temple of Eshnunna (modern Tell Ashmar, Iraq) were made. One of them is now in the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. Excavated 1932–1933.
c. 2900 BC – 2400 BC: Sumerian pictographs evolve into phonograms.
2900 BC – 2334 BC: Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period.
2900 BC-First Mariote Kingdom founded.
2890 BC: Egypt: Pharaoh Qa'a died. End of First Dynasty, start of Second Dynasty. Pharaoh Hotepsekhemwy started to rule.
2890 BC – Akkadian language names are recorded from about this time period.
2880 BC: Estimated germination of the Prometheus Tree, previously thought to be the world's oldest living organism until it was cut down in 1964 AD.
2879 BC: Hùng Vương Kinh Dương Vương established the Hồng Bàng dynasty in Vietnam (then known as Xích Quỷ).^[2]
c. 2874 BC: The 365-day calendar year was installed in ancient Egypt, with fixed lunar months of 30 days + 5 epagomenal days.^[3]
2863 BC: Egyptian 2nd Dynasty Prince Raneb born around this year in history.
2860 BC: Saqqara Tomb A construction started.
2852 BC: The beginning of the period of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors in China.
2832 BC: Estimated germination of the oldest living tree and organism on earth as of 2020 the Methuselah Tree, the second-oldest known organism. Sprouting in what would become Inyo County, California.
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.^[4]^[5]
Ur becomes one of the richest cities in Sumer^[6]

Architecture

29th century BC in architecture

References

^ Marc Van De Mieroop, A History of the Ancient Near East ca. 3000 - 323 BC (Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2004), p. 39
^ Pelley, Patricia M. (2002). Postcolonial Vietnam: New Histories of the National Past. Duke University Press. p. 51.
^ "Viii Science and Technology". Archived from the original on 2006-05-02. Retrieved 2006-03-23.
^ "Cambridge Conference Correspondence". Archived from the original on 2006-09-01.
^ "Ancient Crash, Epic Wave". The New York Times. 14 November 2006.
^ "About Iraq Editorial". iraqdirectory.com.

Decades and years

29th century BC
31st century BC ← 30th century BC ← ↔ → 28th century BC → 27th century BC

2900s BC	2909 BC	2908 BC	2907 BC	2906 BC	2905 BC	2904 BC	2903 BC	2902 BC	2901 BC	2900 BC
2890s BC	2899 BC	2898 BC	2897 BC	2896 BC	2895 BC	2894 BC	2893 BC	2892 BC	2891 BC	2890 BC
2880s BC	2889 BC	2888 BC	2887 BC	2886 BC	2885 BC	2884 BC	2883 BC	2882 BC	2881 BC	2880 BC
2870s BC	2879 BC	2878 BC	2877 BC	2876 BC	2875 BC	2874 BC	2873 BC	2872 BC	2871 BC	2870 BC
2860s BC	2869 BC	2868 BC	2867 BC	2866 BC	2865 BC	2864 BC	2863 BC	2862 BC	2861 BC	2860 BC
2850s BC	2859 BC	2858 BC	2857 BC	2856 BC	2855 BC	2854 BC	2853 BC	2852 BC	2851 BC	2850 BC
2840s BC	2849 BC	2848 BC	2847 BC	2846 BC	2845 BC	2844 BC	2843 BC	2842 BC	2841 BC	2840 BC
2830s BC	2839 BC	2838 BC	2837 BC	2836 BC	2835 BC	2834 BC	2833 BC	2832 BC	2831 BC	2830 BC
2820s BC	2829 BC	2828 BC	2827 BC	2826 BC	2825 BC	2824 BC	2823 BC	2822 BC	2821 BC	2820 BC
2810s BC	2819 BC	2818 BC	2817 BC	2816 BC	2815 BC	2814 BC	2813 BC	2812 BC	2811 BC	2810 BC
2800s BC	2809 BC	2808 BC	2807 BC	2806 BC	2805 BC	2804 BC	2803 BC	2802 BC	2801 BC	2800 BC
2790s BC	2799 BC	2798 BC	2797 BC	2796 BC	2795 BC	2794 BC	2793 BC	2792 BC	2791 BC	2790 BC

Centuries and millennia

Millennium	Century
BC (BCE)
4th	40th	39th	38th	37th	36th	35th	34th	33rd	32nd	31st
3rd	30th	29th	28th	27th	26th	25th	24th	23rd	22nd	21st
2nd	20th	19th	18th	17th	16th	15th	14th	13th	12th	11th
1st	10th	9th	8th	7th	6th	5th	4th	3rd	2nd	1st
AD (CE)
1st	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
2nd	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th
3rd	21st	22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	28th	29th	30th