21st century BC

(22nd century BC - 21st century BC - 20th century BC - other centuries)

(4th millennium BC - 3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC)

Events

* 2130 - 2080 BC -- Ninth Dynasty wars in Egypt
* 2112 - 2095 BC -- Sumerian campaigns of Ur-Nammu
* 2091 -- beginning of the Patriarchal Age is traditionally set in this year
* 2064 - 1986 BC -- Twin Dynasty wars in Egypt
* 2049 BC - Oak trees for Seahenge felled.
* 2040 BC -- End of Tenth dynasty of Egypt, start of Eleventh Dynasty
* 2034 - 2004 BC -- Ur-Amorite wars
* 2004 BC -- Elamite destruction of Ur
* 2000 BC -- The town of Mantua was presumedly founded
* 2000 BC -- Stonehenge is believed to have been completed

Significant persons

* Ur-Nammu, 3rd dynasty of Ur
* Shulgi of Urim
*Abraham (probably)
* According to Hindu tradition, lifetime of Rama, the 7th avatar of Vishnu

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

* 2000 BC -- First written accounts of Schizophrenia.
* 2037 BC -- Emperor Shen Nong makes first (perhaps mythical) tea drink by boiling fresh leaves