24th century BC

Millennium:	3rd millennium BC
Centuries:	25th century BC · 24th century BC · 23rd century BC
Decades:	2390s BC 2380s BC 2370s BC 2360s BC 2350s BC 2340s BC 2330s BC 2320s BC 2310s BC 2300s BC
Categories:	Births – Deaths Establishments – Disestablishments

The 24th century BC is a century which lasted from the year 2400 BC to 2301 BC.

1 Events
2 Significant persons
3 Inventions, discoveries and introductions
4 In popular culture
5 Decades and years
6 References

Events

c. 2900 BC – 2334 BC: Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period continue.
c. 2360 BC: Hekla-4 eruption.
c. 2400 BC: [2000 BC]- large painted jar with birds in the border made in the indus river vally civilization and is now at the Boston Art Museum
c. 2350 BC: End of the Early Dynastic IIIb period in Mesopotamia.
c. 2350 BC: First destruction of the city of Mari.
c. 2345 BC: End of Fifth Dynasty. Pharaoh Unas died.
c. 2345 BC: Sixth dynasty of Egypt starts (other date is 2460 BC).
c. 2340 BC – 2180 BC: Akkadian Empire.
c. 2334 BC – 2279 BC: Semitic chieftain Sargon of Akkad's conquest of Sumer and Mesopotamia.
City of Lothal founded under the Indus valley civilization.

Significant persons

Urukagina
c. 2332 BC—Sargon of Akkad starts to rule
Enheduanna, daughter of Sargon, priestess and the first author known by name
Ptahhotep, ancient Egyptian Vizier, author of The Maxims of Ptahhotep

Inventions, discoveries and introductions

The first official mentioning of beekeeping in Egypt^[1]
The first documented use of an organized courier service for the diffusion of written documents in Egypt

In popular culture

In modern South Korean national mythology, the character Dangun, whose mother was originally a bear, founded the state Gojoseon in 2333 BC and ruled it for about 2000 years. Some Koreans think of it as the earliest Korean state and of Dangun as the ancestor of Koreans, and from 1948 until December 1961, the Republic of Korea officially^[2] reckoned years by adding 2333 to the Common Era year. The year 2333 BC and the related myth are sometimes presented matter-of-factly as history rather than mythology in South Korea.^[3]

Decades and years

24th century BC
26th century BC←25th century BC← ↔ →23rd century BC→22nd century BC

2409–2400 BC	2409 BC	2408 BC	2407 BC	2406 BC	2405 BC	2404 BC	2403 BC	2402 BC	2401 BC	2400 BC
2390s BC	2399 BC	2398 BC	2397 BC	2396 BC	2395 BC	2394 BC	2393 BC	2392 BC	2391 BC	2390 BC
2380s BC	2389 BC	2388 BC	2387 BC	2386 BC	2385 BC	2384 BC	2383 BC	2382 BC	2381 BC	2380 BC
2370s BC	2379 BC	2378 BC	2377 BC	2376 BC	2375 BC	2374 BC	2373 BC	2372 BC	2371 BC	2370 BC
2360s BC	2369 BC	2368 BC	2367 BC	2366 BC	2365 BC	2364 BC	2363 BC	2362 BC	2361 BC	2360 BC
2350s BC	2359 BC	2358 BC	2357 BC	2356 BC	2355 BC	2354 BC	2353 BC	2352 BC	2351 BC	2350 BC
2340s BC	2349 BC	2348 BC	2347 BC	2346 BC	2345 BC	2344 BC	2343 BC	2342 BC	2341 BC	2340 BC
2330s BC	2339 BC	2338 BC	2337 BC	2336 BC	2335 BC	2334 BC	2333 BC	2332 BC	2331 BC	2330 BC
2320s BC	2329 BC	2328 BC	2327 BC	2326 BC	2325 BC	2324 BC	2323 BC	2322 BC	2321 BC	2320 BC
2310s BC	2319 BC	2318 BC	2317 BC	2316 BC	2315 BC	2314 BC	2313 BC	2312 BC	2311 BC	2310 BC
2309–2300 BC	2309 BC	2308 BC	2307 BC	2306 BC	2305 BC	2304 BC	2303 BC	2302 BC	2301 BC	2300 BC
2290s BC	2299 BC	2298 BC	2297 BC	2296 BC	2295 BC	2294 BC	2293 BC	2292 BC	2291 BC	2290 BC

Centuries and millennia

Millennium	Century
BC
4th	40th	39th	38th	37th	36th	35th	34th	33rd	32nd	31st
3rd	30th	29th	28th	27th	26th	25th	24th	23rd	22nd	21st
2nd	20th	19th	18th	17th	16th	15th	14th	13th	12th	11th
1st	10th	9th	8th	7th	6th	5th	4th	3rd	2nd	1st
AD
1st	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
2nd	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th
3rd	21st	22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	28th	29th	30th
4th	31st	32nd	33rd	34th	35th	36th	37th	38th	39th	40th

References

^ Ancient Egypt: Beekeeping and wax
^ 年號에關한法律, 1948-09-25
^ Example: “고조선”, an entry in South Korea's standard dictionary Pyojun gugeo daesajeon.