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26th century BC

 
Sci & Tech Chronology: In the year 2600 bce
 
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Archaeology

The Sphinx is carved from limestone bedrock in Egypt. See also 1401 bce Archaeology.

Medicine & health

Egyptian embalmers take the first steps toward mummification of bodies by beginning the practice of removing the internal organs of dead pharaohs. These organs are preserved in jars in a salt solution, while resin-soaked linens replace them in the body. See also 3000 bce Medicine & health; 2500 bce Medicine & health.

Transportation

A command from the Egyptian pharaoh Seneferu (reigned c. 2614 bce to 2591 bce) to bring "40 ships filled with cedar logs" to Egypt from Lebanon is the first written record of the existence of boats and shipping. See also 2700 bce Transportation; 2500 bce Transportation.

Wheeled vehicles are in use in China; the Xue clan becomes especially identified with carriage building. See also 3000 bce Transportation.


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Millennium: 3rd millennium BC
Centuries: 27th century BC · 26th century BC · 25th century BC
Decades: 2590s BC 2580s BC 2570s BC 2560s BC 2550s BC
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Categories: Births – Deaths
Establishments – Disestablishments

The 26th century BC is a century which lasted from the year 2600 BC to 2501 BC.

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Events

Picture of the Great Pyramid of Khufu

Significant people

  • c. 2601 BC–2578 BC — reign of Pharaoh Khufu of Egypt's Fourth Dynasty
  • 2599 — Huni is Pharaoh. (Atlas of Egypt 1989)
  • 2575 — Old Kingdom in Egypt; 4th Dynasty; Sneferu is Pharaoh. (Atlas of Egypt 1989)
  • 2528 — Ra'djedef is Pharaoh. (Atlas of Egypt 1989)
  • 2520 — Khep-heren (Ra'kha'ef) is Pharaoh. (Atlas of Egypt 1989)

Deaths

2566 — Khufu dies

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

Decades and years

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28th century BC←27th century BC← ↔ →25th century BC→24th century BC
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2590s BC 2599 BC 2598 BC 2597 BC 2596 BC 2595 BC 2594 BC 2593 BC 2592 BC 2591 BC 2590 BC
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2510s BC 2519 BC 2518 BC 2517 BC 2516 BC 2515 BC 2514 BC 2513 BC 2512 BC 2511 BC 2510 BC
2509–2500 BC 2509 BC 2508 BC 2507 BC 2506 BC 2505 BC 2504 BC 2503 BC 2502 BC 2501 BC 2500 BC
2490s BC 2499 BC 2498 BC 2497 BC 2496 BC 2495 BC 2494 BC 2493 BC 2492 BC 2491 BC 2490 BC
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Centuries and millennia

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Sci & Tech Chronology. History of Science and Technology, edited by Bryan Bunch and Alexander Hellemans. Copyright © 2004 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
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