24th century BC

Millennium:	3rd millennium BC
Centuries:	25th century BC; 24th century BC; 23rd century BC;
Timelines:	25th century BC; 24th century BC; 23rd century BC;
State leaders:	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 was a century which lasted from the year 2400 BC to 2301 BC.

Events[]

Extent and major sites of the Indus Valley Civilization in Ancient Pakistan

Letter in Sumerian cuneiform, c. 2400 BC, found in Girsu

c. 2900 BC–2334 BC: Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period continue.
c. 2400 BC–2000 BC: large painted jar with birds in the border made in the Indus River Valley civilization and is now at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
2400 BC–There is archaeological evidence that the site of Assur was occupied at around this time.
c. 2360 BC: Hekla-4 eruption.
c. 2350 BC: The 2350 BC Middle East Anomaly (apparent comet or asteroid impact) happened.
c. 2350 BC: End of the Early Dynastic III 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.
2333 BC: Dangun establishes Gojoseon, the first Korean kingdom, according to Korean mythology.

Inventions, discoveries and introductions[]

The first official mentioning of beekeeping in Egypt.^[1]
The first documented use of an organized courier service for the diffusion of written documents in Egypt.
First extant evidence of written Akkadian language.

Mythology[]

In modern Korean national mythology, the character Dangun, whose mother was originally a bear, founded the state Gojoseon in 2333 BC and ruled it for about 2000 years. Some Koreans think of it as the earliest Korean state and of Dangun as the ancestor of Koreans. From 1948 until December 1961, the Republic of Korea officially^[2] reckoned years by adding 2333 to the Common Era year. The year 2333 BC and the related myth are sometimes presented matter-of-factly as history rather than mythology in Korea.^[3]

Genesis flood narrative. In Jewish and Christian mythology, sometime near the middle of the 24th century BC,^[4] the entire planet was flooded by some 8,848 m (29,029 ft) of water, tripling the total volume of water on planet Earth, covering the tops of the mountains, and wiping out the entire human and land animal populations. Only one small family of a man named Noah, and one breeding pair of each animal type survived the flood by floating on a large wooden boat for several months.^[5]

References[]

^ "Ancient Egypt: Beekeeping and wax". Archived from the original on 2004-12-04. Retrieved 2005-01-14.
^ Korean: 年號에關한法律, 1948-09-25
^ Example: “고조선”, an entry in Standard Korean Language Dictionary.
^ "Timeline for the Flood". Retrieved 2020-07-28.
^ "Visualizing the Genesis Timeline from Adam to Abraham". Retrieved 2020-07-28.

[1] "Ancient Egypt: Beekeeping and wax". Archived from the original on 2004-12-04. Retrieved 2005-01-14.

[2] Korean: 年號에關한法律, 1948-09-25

[3] Example: “고조선”, an entry in Standard Korean Language Dictionary.

[4] "Timeline for the Flood". Retrieved 2020-07-28.

[5] "Visualizing the Genesis Timeline from Adam to Abraham". Retrieved 2020-07-28.

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