22nd century BC

Time period between 2200 BC and 2101 BC

Millennium
3rd millennium BC
Centuries
  • 23rd century BC
  • 22nd century BC
  • 21st century BC
Timelines
  • 23rd century BC
  • 22nd century BC
  • 21st century BC
State leaders
  • 23rd century BC
  • 22nd century BC
  • 21st century BC
Decades
  • 2190s BC
  • 2180s BC
  • 2170s BC
  • 2160s BC
  • 2150s BC
  • 2140s BC
  • 2130s BC
  • 2120s BC
  • 2110s BC
  • 2100s BC
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The 22nd century BC are the years between 2200 and 2101 years before the birth of Jesus Christ.

Events

The Deluge tablet of the Epic of Gilgamesh in Akkadian. The historical Gilgamesh had died centuries earlier before his epic was recorded.[1]
  • 4.2-kiloyear event: A severe aridification event that probably lasts the entire 22nd century BC and causes the collapse of several Old World civilizations.
  • 2217 BC–2193 BC: Nomadic invasions of the Mesopotamian city of Akkad.
  • c. 2200 BC: Austronesians reach the Batanes Islands of the Philippine Archipelago as part of the Austronesian Expansion.
  • c. 2184 BC: Possible date for the death of Pharaoh Pepi II Neferkare of the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt, the longest reigning monarch of history with 94 years on the throne.
  • c. 2184 BC: Ephemeral rule of Merenre Nemtyemsaf II in Egypt.
  • c. 2184–2181 BC: Reign of Netjerkare Siptah, last pharaoh of the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt, who will later give rise to the legendary figure of Nitocris.
  • c. 2181 BC: End of the Old Kingdom of Egypt and start of the First Intermediate Period, the doubtful Seventh Dynasty and the Eighth Dynasty of Egypt with Menkare (these periods may extend to c. 2160 BC or beyond). The fall of the Old Kingdom may have been caused by a conjunction of severe droughts, strong decentralization of the state and confusion following the extremely long reign of Pepi II.
  • c. 2180 BC: Akkadian Empire falls under attack by the Guti (Mesopotamia), a mountain people from the northeast.
  • c. 2160 BC: End of the reign of Pharaoh Neferirkare, last king of the Eighth Dynasty of Egypt. Beginning of the Ninth Dynasty, possibly after the overthrow of Neferirkare.
  • c. 2160 BC: Beginning of Middle Minoan period in Crete.
  • c. 2150 BC: City state of Lagash in Mesopotamia is established.
  • c. 2150–2030 BC: The Epic of Gilgamesh is written in Mesopotamia in Akkadian.
  • c. 2144 BC: Gudea, ruler (ensi) of Lagash, starts to reign.
  • 2138 BC: A solar eclipse on 9 May and a lunar eclipse on 24 May occur and are believed to be the double eclipse that takes place 23 years after the ascension of king Shulgi of Babylon by those holding to the long chronology.
  • c. 2125 BC–2055 BC: "Model of a house and garden, from Thebes", Eleventh Dynasty of Egypt.[2]
  • 2124 BC: Gudea, ruler (ensi) of Lagash, dies.
  • c. 2120 BC: Votive statue of Gudea from Lagash (Iraq) is made.[3]
  • 2119 BC–2113 BC (middle chronology): Utu-hengal, first king of the third dynasty of Ur, also called the Neo-Sumerian Empire.
  • 2116 BC–2110 BC: Uruk–Gutian war.
  • 2112 BC–2095 BC: Sumerian campaigns of Ur-Nammu.

References

  1. ^ Sin-léqi-unnínni (2017). Ele que o abismo viu [He who Saw the Abysm] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Translated by Jacyntho Lins Brandão. Autêntica. p. 13. ISBN 978-85-513-0283-5.
  2. ^ Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
  3. ^ Now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris.
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22nd century BC
24th century BC ← 23rd century BC ← ↔ → 21st century BC → 20th century BC
2200s BC 2209 BC 2208 BC 2207 BC 2206 BC 2205 BC 2204 BC 2203 BC 2202 BC 2201 BC 2200 BC
2190s BC 2199 BC 2198 BC 2197 BC 2196 BC 2195 BC 2194 BC 2193 BC 2192 BC 2191 BC 2190 BC
2180s BC 2189 BC 2188 BC 2187 BC 2186 BC 2185 BC 2184 BC 2183 BC 2182 BC 2181 BC 2180 BC
2170s BC 2179 BC 2178 BC 2177 BC 2176 BC 2175 BC 2174 BC 2173 BC 2172 BC 2171 BC 2170 BC
2160s BC 2169 BC 2168 BC 2167 BC 2166 BC 2165 BC 2164 BC 2163 BC 2162 BC 2161 BC 2160 BC
2150s BC 2159 BC 2158 BC 2157 BC 2156 BC 2155 BC 2154 BC 2153 BC 2152 BC 2151 BC 2150 BC
2140s BC 2149 BC 2148 BC 2147 BC 2146 BC 2145 BC 2144 BC 2143 BC 2142 BC 2141 BC 2140 BC
2130s BC 2139 BC 2138 BC 2137 BC 2136 BC 2135 BC 2134 BC 2133 BC 2132 BC 2131 BC 2130 BC
2120s BC 2129 BC 2128 BC 2127 BC 2126 BC 2125 BC 2124 BC 2123 BC 2122 BC 2121 BC 2120 BC
2110s BC 2119 BC 2118 BC 2117 BC 2116 BC 2115 BC 2114 BC 2113 BC 2112 BC 2111 BC 2110 BC
2100s BC 2109 BC 2108 BC 2107 BC 2106 BC 2105 BC 2104 BC 2103 BC 2102 BC 2101 BC 2100 BC
2090s BC 2099 BC 2098 BC 2097 BC 2096 BC 2095 BC 2094 BC 2093 BC 2092 BC 2091 BC 2090 BC
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