at
Saqqara. He was the founder of the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt • c. 2900–2334 BC:
Mesopotamian wars of the
Early Dynastic period. • c. 2500 BC:
Rice was first introduced to what is now modern-day
Malaysia • c. 2500 BC: N1c Y-DNA first found from Europe from Serteya II (located in modern day
Smolensk Oblast in
Russia). • c. 2500 BC:
Scribal schools flourish throughout
Sumer. • c. 2500 BC:
Assyria is established. • c. 2500 BC: Cylinder seal from
Sumer and its impression are made. It is now in the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. • c. 2500 BC: Excavation and development of the
Hypogeum of Ħal-Saflieni at
Paola, Malta, a subterranean temple complex subsequently used as a
necropolis. • c. 2500 BC: The
Pyramid of Khafre,
Giza, is built. • c. 2500 BC: The sculpture
Khafre Enthroned is made. • c. 2500 BC: People in what is now
Peru rely on fish and mussels for food. • c. 2500 BC: Evidence of long-distance trade routes in
South America. • c. 2500 BC:
Skara Brae is abandoned after approximately 600 years of occupation. • c. 2500–2250 BC:
Ebla tablets are collected in the ancient city of
Ebla,
Syria. Discovered by
Italian archaeologist
Paolo Matthiae and his team in 1974–75, is considered to be the first, if not the oldest, inactive library being the
St. Catherine's Monastery Library (
565) the oldest active one. • c. 2500–2000 BC:
Mohenjo-daro is about in size and has a population of c. 20,000 to 50,000. • c. 2494–2345 BC: "Sculptors at work", relief from
Saqqara,
Fifth Dynasty. It is now at
Egyptian Museum,
Cairo,
Egypt. • c. 2494–2345 BC:
The Seated Scribe, a sculpture found at
Saqqara,
Fifth Dynasty of Egypt is made. It is now in
Musée du Louvre, Paris. • 2492 BC: Traditional date for the legendary foundation of
Armenia by
Hayk. • c. 2450 BC: End of the Early Dynastic IIIa Period and beginning of the Early Dynastic IIIb Period in
Sumer. • c. 2450 BC:
Kish is lost to
Hamazi tribesmen of the
Kurdistan mountains;
Elam under the
Awan dynasty occupies parts of Sumer. (Roux 1980) • c. 2410 BC: By this time, kings in
Sumer have ceased to be automatically high priests of the
city deity. (Roux 1980) Infiltration and conquest of
Mesopotamia by
ancient Semitic-speaking peoples begins. (1968 RD Almanac) • c. 2400–2200 BC: Construction of
Stonehenge •
Megalithic culture begins to spread through Europe and the western Mediterranean. (1968 RD Almanac) • Earliest signs of
Corded Ware culture from the
Caucasus. (Encyc. Americana) • The southeastern
Iberian Peninsula is settled from the Mediterranean, by people using
Prehistoric Egyptian-style pottery. (Encyc. Americana) •
Amorites and
Canaanites occupy the
region of Syria. (Encyc. Americana) == Inventions, discoveries, introductions ==