24th century BC

Food & agriculture

Manioc (cassava, also prepared as tapioca) is grown in South America along the west coast (Peru), although it probably was domesticated earlier in the tropical inland region. See also 2800 bce Food & agriculture; 2000 bce Food & agriculture.

The honey bee is domesticated in Egypt earlier than this date, for a temple drawing from this time shows the earliest known depiction of beekeeping and honey preparation. See also 2700 bce Food & agriculture.

The domesticated two-humped Bactrian camel is present (Turkmenistan or Iran), although probably domesticated earlier (Kazakhstan, northern Mongolia, or northern China).

People living on the west coast of South America (Peru) begin to divert river water into their fields. See also 6000 bce Food & agriculture; 2000 bce Food & agriculture.

Records indicate that bitumen, derived from petroleum seepage, is used in great quantities for waterproofing by the inhabitants of Mesopotamia, with shipments to Ur of over a hundred tons from sites such as Hit on the Euphrates or other centers. Bitumen mixed with sand or fiber (called mastic) is also used as a building material during this period and until Antiquity. See also 3000 bce Materials.

The oldest preserved weight, found in the Mesopotamian city of Lagash, is 477 g (about 17 oz). See also 2500 bce Mathematics; 2100 bce Mathematics. (See essay.)

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.

Contents 1 Events 2 Significant persons 3 Deaths 4 Inventions, discoveries, introductions 5 Decades and years 6 References

Events

Extent and major sites of the Indus Valley Civilization.

• c. 2900 BC – 2334 BC: Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period continue.
• c. 2400 BC-2000 BC: Large Painted Jar with Border Containing Birds, from Chanhu-Daro, Indus Valley Civilization, is made. It is now kept at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
• c. 2383 BC: Pepi II Neferkare, the longest reigning monarch of all time, started to rule at age 6.
• c. 2360 BC: Hekla-4 eruption.
• 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.
• c. 2333 BC: Dangun founded the state Gojoseon (Modern-day Korea), during the reign of the Chinese Emperor Yao
• 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

Deaths

• Jared, son of Mahalalel, (3300–2338 BC) according to the Hebrew Calendar

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

• The first official mentioning of beekeeping in Egypt
• The first documented use of an organized courier service for the diffusion of written documents in Egypt

Decades and years

v • d • e 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

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References

• Ancient Egypt: Beekeeping and wax

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