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Events

The pyramid ruin of Amenemhet I at
Lisht. He was the founder of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt
★
2000 BC — Arrival of the ancestors of the
Latins in
Italy.
★ 2000 BC — Town of
Mantua is presumably founded.
★ 2000 BC —
Stonehenge is believed to have been completed.
★ 2000 BC —
Farmers and
herders travel south from
Ethiopia and settle in
Kenya.
★ 2000 BC —
Horses are tamed and used for transport.
★ c. 2000 BC — Decline of
Harappan civilization starts.
★ c. 2000 BC -
Bronze Age starts in north
Ancient China.
★ 2000–
1000 BC —
Shang Dynasty in
China,
Olmec civilization (
Mesoamerica).
★
2064–1986 BC — Twin Dynasty wars in
Egypt.
★ 1991 BC —
Egypt: Pharaoh
Mentuhotep IV died. End of
Eleventh Dynasty. Pharaoh
Amenemhat I started to rule. Start of
Twelfth Dynasty.
★ c. 1985 BC–
1795 BC — Rock-cut tombs at
Beni Hasan were made.
Twelfth Dynasty.
★ c. 1985 BC–
1795 BC — "Hippopotamus", from the tomb of
Senbi (governor) (Tomb B.3) at
Meir was made.
Twelfth Dynasty. It is now in the
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York.
★
1953 BC,
February 27 - A very close alignment of the
naked-eye planets takes place in which these planets are together in a span of 4.3 degrees.
★ 1932 BC —
Amorite conquest of
Ur.
★ c. 1928–
1895 BC — "Harvest scene", tempera fascimile by
Nina de Garis Davies of wall painting in the tomb of
Khnumhotep,
Beni Hasan.
Twelfth Dynasty.
★ 1913–1903 BC —
Egyptian-
Nubian war.
Births
★ 1973 BC —
Reu, son of
Peleg, according to the
Hebrew Calendar
★ 1941 BC —
Serug, son of Reu, according to the Hebrew Calendar
★ 1911 BC —
Nahor, son of Serug, according to the Hebrew Calendar
Inventions, discoveries, introductions
★ 2000 BC — First written accounts of
Schizophrenia
★ 1950 BC — The copper bar cubit of
Nippur defines the
Sumerian
cubit as
51.72 cm
Decades and Years