22nd century BC

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Millennium:	3rd millennium BC
Centuries:	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
Categories:	Births – Deaths Establishments – Disestablishments

The 22nd century BC is a century which lasted from the year 2200 BC to 2101 BC.

1 Events
2 Significant persons
3 Births
4 Deaths
5 Decades and years

[edit] Events

The Deluge tablet of the Gilgamesh epic in Akkadian. The historical Gilgamesh had died centuries earlier before his epic was recorded

2217–2193 BC — Nomadic invasions of Akkad.
2200 BC — Sixth dynasty of Egypt ended.
c. 2190 BC — Caused by a severe drought, Old Kingdom finished in Ancient Egypt. Start of First Intermediate Period. 7th–10th Dynasties.
c. 2184 BC — Pharaoh Pepi II Neferkare dies (other date is 2289 BC?).
c. 2181 BC — Old Kingdom ends in Ancient Egypt (other date is 2190 BC).
c. 2181 BC — First Intermediate Period starts in Ancient Egypt (other date is 2190 BC).
2181 BC — Egypt: Pharaoh Nitocris died. End of Sixth Dynasty, start of Seventh Dynasty. Pharaoh Neferkara I started to reign.
2180 BC — Old Kingdom ends in Ancient Egypt. First Intermediate Period of Egypt starts.
c. 2180 BC — Akkadian Empire fell under attack by the Guti (Mesopotamia), a mountain people from the northeast.
2173 BC — Egypt: End of Seventh Dynasty, start of Eighth Dynasty.
2160 BC — Egypt: Pharaoh Neferirkara died. End of Eighth Dynasty, start of Ninth Dynasty. Pharaoh Neferkare started to reign.
c. 2160 BC — Beginning of Middle Minoan period in Crete.
c. 2150–2030 BC — Gilgamesh epic was written.
c. 2150 BC — Lagash.
c. 2144 BC — Gudea, the ruler (ensi) of the city of Lagash, started to reign.
2138 BC — Babylon: A solar eclipse on 9 May and a lunar eclipse on 24 May occurred and are believed to be the double eclipse that took place 23 years after the ascension of king Shulgi of Babylon by those holding to the long chronology.
2130 BC — Egypt: End of Ninth Dynasty, start of Tenth Dynasty. Ninth Dynasty wars in Egypt started.
c. 2125 BC–2055 BC BC — "Model of a house and garden, from Thebes". Eleventh dynasty of Egypt. It is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
2124 BC — Gudea, the ruler (ensi) of the city of Lagash, died.
c. 2120 BC — Votive statue of Gudea, from Lagash (modern Telloh, Iraq) was made. It is now in Musee du Louvre, Paris.
2119–2113 BC — (middle chronology), Utu-hengal, first king of the third dynasty of Ur.
2116–2110 BC — Uruk-Gutian war.
2112 BC–2095 BC — Sumerian campaigns of Ur-Nammu.
2104–2103 BC — Date of the Biblical flood according to the Hebrew Calendar.

[edit] Significant persons

Gudea
Ur-Nammu
Noah (2704–1753 BC) according to the Hebrew Calendar

[edit] Births

Arpachshad, son of Shem, son of Noah, (2102–1664 BC) according to the Hebrew Calendar

[edit] Deaths

Lamech, son of Methuselah, (2886–2109 BC) according to the Hebrew Calendar
Methuselah, son of Enoch, (3073–2104 BC) according to the Hebrew Calendar

[edit] Decades and years

Decades and years

22nd century BC
24th century BC←23rd century BC← ↔ →21st century BC→20th century BC

2209–2200 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
2109–2100 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

Centuries and millennia

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BC
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4th	31st	32nd	33rd	34th	35th	36th	37th	38th	39th	40th

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