27th century BC: Information from Answers.com

Millennium:	3rd millennium BC
Centuries:	28th century BC · 27th century BC · 26th century BC
Decades:	2690s BC 2680s BC 2670s BC 2660s BC 2650s BC 2640s BC 2630s BC 2620s BC 2610s BC 2600s BC
Categories:	Births – Deaths Establishments – Disestablishments

The 27th century BC is a century which lasted from the year 2700 BC to 2601 BC.

1 Events
2 Significant persons
3 Deaths
4 Decades and years

Events

Statuette of Imhotep in the Louvre. He is the first architect and physician whose name was recorded and has survived to modern times

2900 BC – 2334 BC: Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period.
2775 BC – 2650 BC: Second Dynasty wars in Egypt.
2750 BC – 2600 BC: Ancient burial sites with human Skeletons are created; they are later discovered in Ibbankatuwa, Dambulla in Sri Lanka.
2737 BC: Invention of tea as a beverage by Shennong, according to a Chinese legend.
Germination of the Bristlecone pine tree "Methuselah" about 2700 BC, the oldest tree still living now.
2700 BC: Early Dynastic (Archaic) period ended in Ancient Egypt (according to French Egyptologist Nicolas Grimol). This period includes 1st and 2nd Dyasties.
c. 2700 BC: Old Kingdom started in Ancient Egypt. 3rd–6th Dynasties.
c. 2697 BC:Yellow Emperor started in China.
c. 2686 BC: Early Dynastic (Archaic) period ends in Ancient Egypt (other date is 2700 BC).
c. 2686 BC: Old Kingdom starts in Ancient Egypt (other date is 2700 BC).
2686 BC: Egypt: End of Second Dynasty, start of Third Dynasty. Pharaoh Khasekhemwy died. Pharaoh Sanakhte started to reign.
c. 2685 BC: Bull lyre, from the tomb of Queen Puabi, Ur (modern Muqaiyir, Iraq) was made. It is now in University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
c. 2681 BC – c. 2662 BC: Reign of Djoser, Pharaoh of Egypt, Third Dynasty.
2668 BC: Pharaoh Sanakhte died.
c. 2667 BC: Pharaoh Djoser starts to rule (other date is 2681 BC).
2660 BC: Archaic period ends in Ancient Egypt.
c. 2660 BC: Old Kingdom in Ancient Egypt started (Another date is 2715 BC).
c. 2648 BC: Pharaoh Djoser dies (another date is 2662 BC).
c. 2640 BC: The cultivation and weaving of silk starts to be a closely guarded secret in China.
2630 BC – 2611 BC: Imhotep, Vizier of Egypt, constructs the Pyramid of Djoser
2627 BC – 2000 BC: Construction of the Caral metropolis in Peru
2613 BC: Egypt—End of Third Dynasty, start of Fourth Dynasty. Pharaoh Huni died. Pharaoh Sneferu started to reign.
c. 2613 BC – 2494 BC: The Great Sphinx at Giza is built. Fourth Dynasty.
c. 2601 BC – c. 2515 BC: Great Pyramids at Giza are built for Menkaure, Khafre and Khufu. Fourth Dynasty.
c. 2601 BC: Khufu started to rule in Ancient Egypt.
2600 BC: Mature Harappan phase of the Indus Valley Civilization begins. The cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-daro become large metropolises and the civilization expands to over 2,500 cities and settlements across the whole of Pakistan, much of northern India, and parts of Afghanistan and Iran, covering a region of around one million square miles, which was larger than the land area of its contemporaries Egypt and Mesopotamia combined, and also had superior urban planning and sewage systems. The civilization began using the mature Indus script for its writing system.
2600 BC: End of the Early Dynastic II Period and the beginning of the Early Dynastic IIIa Period in Mesopotamia.
2700 BC: Mesoamericans begin to plant and domesticate corn.

Significant persons

Gilgamesh, fourth King of Uruk in Sumer
Djoser, first Pharaoh of the Third dynasty of Egypt
Imhotep, Vizier of Egypt and architect

Deaths

Enos, son of Seth, (3525 BC–2630 BC) according to the Hebrew Calendar
Fu Hsi, legendary ruler of China (traditional dates: 2752 BC–2638 BC)

Decades and years

27th century BC
29th century BC←28th century BC← ↔ →26th century BC→25th century BC

2709–2700 BC	2709 BC	2708 BC	2707 BC	2706 BC	2705 BC	2704 BC	2703 BC	2702 BC	2701 BC	2700 BC
2690s BC	2699 BC	2698 BC	2697 BC	2696 BC	2695 BC	2694 BC	2693 BC	2692 BC	2691 BC	2690 BC
2680s BC	2689 BC	2688 BC	2687 BC	2686 BC	2685 BC	2684 BC	2683 BC	2682 BC	2681 BC	2680 BC
2670s BC	2679 BC	2678 BC	2677 BC	2676 BC	2675 BC	2674 BC	2673 BC	2672 BC	2671 BC	2670 BC
2660s BC	2669 BC	2668 BC	2667 BC	2666 BC	2665 BC	2664 BC	2663 BC	2662 BC	2661 BC	2660 BC
2650s BC	2659 BC	2658 BC	2657 BC	2656 BC	2655 BC	2654 BC	2653 BC	2652 BC	2651 BC	2650 BC
2640s BC	2649 BC	2648 BC	2647 BC	2646 BC	2645 BC	2644 BC	2643 BC	2642 BC	2641 BC	2640 BC
2630s BC	2639 BC	2638 BC	2637 BC	2636 BC	2635 BC	2634 BC	2633 BC	2632 BC	2631 BC	2630 BC
2620s BC	2629 BC	2628 BC	2627 BC	2626 BC	2625 BC	2624 BC	2623 BC	2622 BC	2621 BC	2620 BC
2610s BC	2619 BC	2618 BC	2617 BC	2616 BC	2615 BC	2614 BC	2613 BC	2612 BC	2611 BC	2610 BC
2609–2600 BC	2609 BC	2608 BC	2607 BC	2606 BC	2605 BC	2604 BC	2603 BC	2602 BC	2601 BC	2600 BC
2590s BC	2599 BC	2598 BC	2597 BC	2596 BC	2595 BC	2594 BC	2593 BC	2592 BC	2591 BC	2590 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
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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

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Events

Significant persons

Deaths

Decades and years