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Millennium:	3rd millennium BC
Centuries:	22nd century BC · 21st century BC · 20th century BC
Decades:	2090s BC 2080s BC 2070s BC 2060s BC 2050s BC 2040s BC 2030s BC 2020s BC 2010s BC 2000s BC
Categories:	Births – Deaths Establishments – Disestablishments

The 21st century BC is a century which lasted from the year 2100 BC to 2001 BC.

1 Events
2 Significant persons
3 Births
4 Inventions, discoveries, introductions
5 Decades and years

Events

c. 2100 BC – c. 2050 BC: Nanna Ziggurat, Ur (modern Muqaiyir, Iraq) is built.
2091 BC: Beginning of the Patriarchal Age is traditionally set in this year.
2080 BC: Ninth Dynasty wars in Egypt.
2080 BC: First Intermediate Period of Egypt ends. Middle Kingdom starts in Ancient Egypt.
2071 BC: Magh Ithe, first recorded battle in Ireland myths.
2070 BC (disputable): Yu the Great set up the Xia Dynasty, which isn't verified by archeological findings, some propose the Erlitou culture.
2064 BC – 1986 BC: Twin Dynasty wars in Egypt.
c. 2055 BC: End of First Intermediate Period of Egypt (another date is 2040 BC).
c. 2055 BC: Middle Kingdom starts in Ancient Egypt (other date is 2040 BC).
c. 2055 BC: Prince Mentuhotep II from Thebes manages to reunite Ancient Egypt (other date is 2040 BC).
c. 2055 BC: Pharaoh Mentuhotep II starts to rule in Ancient Egypt.
c. 2055 BC - 1985 BC: Funerary Stele of Amenemhat I is made. Eleventh Dynasty of Egypt. Excavated in 1915-1916. It is now kept in Egyptian Museum, Cairo. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
2049 BC: Oak trees for Seahenge felled.
c. 2040 BC: End of First Intermediate Period of Egypt. Start of Middle Kingdom. 11th–14th Dynasties.
2040 BC: Beginning of the Xia Dynasty, the first dynasty and government system in China.
2040 BC: Pharaoh Merykare died. End of Tenth dynasty of Egypt. Pharaoh Mentuhotep II started to rule. Start of Eleventh Dynasty.
2034 BC – 2004 BC: Ur-Amorite wars.
c. 2009 BC – 1997 BC: Funerary temple of Mentuhotep III was built. Eleventh Dynasty.
2004 BC: Elamite destruction of Ur.
c. 2004 BC: Pharaoh Mentuhotep II, Eleventh dynasty of Egypt dies.
c. 2000 BC: Aegean Bronze Age ends.

Significant persons

Ur-Nammu, 3rd dynasty of Ur
Shulgi of Urim
Abraham (perhaps, other datings include 19th century BC, 17th century BC, 16th Century BC, and 15th Century BC)
According to Hindu tradition, lifetime of Rama, the 7th avatar of Vishnu

Births

Salah, son of Arpachshad, (2067–1634 BC) according to the Hebrew Calendar
Eber, son of Shelah, (2037–1573 BC) according to the Hebrew Calendar
Peleg, son of Eber, (2003–1764 BC) according to the Hebrew Calendar

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

2100 BC — Earliest extant law code in Mesopotamia, the Code of Ur-Nammu
2037 BC — Emperor Shen Nong makes first (perhaps mythical) tea drink by boiling fresh leaves

Decades and years

21st century BC
23rd century BC←22nd century BC← ↔ →20th century BC→19th century 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
2080s BC	2089 BC	2088 BC	2087 BC	2086 BC	2085 BC	2084 BC	2083 BC	2082 BC	2081 BC	2080 BC
2070s BC	2079 BC	2078 BC	2077 BC	2076 BC	2075 BC	2074 BC	2073 BC	2072 BC	2071 BC	2070 BC
2060s BC	2069 BC	2068 BC	2067 BC	2066 BC	2065 BC	2064 BC	2063 BC	2062 BC	2061 BC	2060 BC
2050s BC	2059 BC	2058 BC	2057 BC	2056 BC	2055 BC	2054 BC	2053 BC	2052 BC	2051 BC	2050 BC
2040s BC	2049 BC	2048 BC	2047 BC	2046 BC	2045 BC	2044 BC	2043 BC	2042 BC	2041 BC	2040 BC
2030s BC	2039 BC	2038 BC	2037 BC	2036 BC	2035 BC	2034 BC	2033 BC	2032 BC	2031 BC	2030 BC
2020s BC	2029 BC	2028 BC	2027 BC	2026 BC	2025 BC	2024 BC	2023 BC	2022 BC	2021 BC	2020 BC
2010s BC	2019 BC	2018 BC	2017 BC	2016 BC	2015 BC	2014 BC	2013 BC	2012 BC	2011 BC	2010 BC
2009–2000 BC	2009 BC	2008 BC	2007 BC	2006 BC	2005 BC	2004 BC	2003 BC	2002 BC	2001 BC	2000 BC
1990s BC	1999 BC	1998 BC	1997 BC	1996 BC	1995 BC	1994 BC	1993 BC	1992 BC	1991 BC	1990 BC

Centuries and millennia

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BC
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3rd	30th	29th	28th	27th	26th	25th	24th	23rd	22nd	21st
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21st century BC

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Events

Significant persons

Births

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

Decades and years