20th century BC explained
The 20th century BC was a century that lasted from the year 2000 BC to 1901 BC.
Events
- c. 2000 BC:
- c. 2000 BC – 1900 BC: the "Priest-king torso" was sculpted at Mohenjo-Daro, part of the Indus Valley civilization.[2]
- c. 1995 BC: Pharaoh Mentuhotep II, Eleventh dynasty of Egypt dies.
- c. 1995 BC: Egypt: Pharaoh Mentuhotep IV died. End of Eleventh Dynasty. Pharaoh Amenemhat I started to rule. Start of Twelfth Dynasty.
- c. 1985 BC: Political authority became less centralized in Ancient Egypt.
- c. 1985 BC – 1795 BC:
- 1974 BC: Erishum I became the thirty-third ruler of Assyria.
- 1953 BC: Senusret I launches a military campaign against Lower Nubia and conquers the region down to the Second Cataract.
- February 27, 1953 BC: A very close alignment of the naked-eye planets took place in which these planets are together in a span of 4.3 degrees.
- March 5, 1953 BC: A computer calculated alignment of the naked-eye planets took place in a new moon, and in spring season, and is believed by researchers from NASA, to be the starting event for the Chinese calendar, as they followed descriptions from a 1st Century B.C. Chinese passage "Hong Fan Zhuan" by 'Liu Xiang', to search for this astronomical event being described to have happened about 2000 BC at Pegasus constellation (Yingshi).
- c. 1942 BC: The so-called king of Leubingen (today part of Sömmerda) was buried in a large barrow within a 66adj=midNaNadj=mid stone cairn inside a ring ditch.
- 1932 BC: Amorite conquest of Ur.
- c. 1928 BC – 1895 BC: "Harvest scene", tempera facsimile by Nina de Garis Davies of wall painting in the tomb of Khnumhotep II, Beni Hasan. Twelfth Dynasty.
- c. 1920 BC: Jishi Gorge flood. It may have sparked the beginning of the first Chinese dynasty (Xia, Erlitou culture) [3]
- 1913 BC – 1903 BC: Egyptian-Nubian war.
- 1910 BC - Call of Abraham according to The Bible.
- c. 1900 BC: Shalim-ahum and his son Ilu-shuma began to rule the city of Assur at around this time.
Inventions, discoveries, introductions
Sovereign states
See main article: List of sovereign states in the 20th century BC.
Notes and References
- The Harappa Torso is now kept at the National Museum in New Delhi, India.
- The "Priest-king torso" is now kept at the National Museum of Pakistan, in Karachi.
- Web site: Massive flood may have led to China's earliest empire. 2016-08-04.
- News: Earliest Evidence of Chocolate in North America . Traci . Watson . 22 January 2013 . Science . 3 March 2014.