29th century BC

The 29th century BC was a century that lasted from the year 2900 BC to 2801 BC.

Events

The grove in which the Prometheus Tree grew, with the Wheeler Peak headwall in the distance

• c. 2900 BC: Beginning of the Early Dynastic Period I in Sumer. ^[1]
• c. 2900 BC – 2600 BC: Votive statues from the Square Temple of Eshnunna (modern Tell Ashmar, Iraq) were made. One of them is now in the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. Excavated 1932–1933.
• c. 2900 BC – 2400 BC: Sumerian pictographs evolve into phonograms.
• 2900 BC – 2334 BC: Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period.
• 2900 BC-First Mariote Kingdom founded.
• 2890 BC: Egypt: Pharaoh Qa'a died. End of First Dynasty, start of Second Dynasty. Pharaoh Hotepsekhemwy started to rule.
• 2890 BC – Akkadian language names are recorded from about this time period.
• 2880 BC: Estimated germination of the Prometheus Tree, previously thought to be the world's oldest living organism until it was cut down in 1964 AD.
• 2879 BC: Hùng Vương Kinh Dương Vương established the Hồng Bàng dynasty in Vietnam (then known as Xích Quỷ). ^[2]
• c. 2874 BC: The 365-day calendar year was installed in ancient Egypt, with fixed lunar months of 30 days + 5 epagomenal days. ^[3]
• 2863 BC: Egyptian 2nd Dynasty Prince Raneb born around this year in history.
• 2860 BC: Saqqara Tomb A construction started.
• 2852 BC: The beginning of the period of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors in China.
• 2832 BC: Estimated germination of the oldest living tree and organism on earth as of 2020 the Methuselah Tree, the second-oldest known organism. Sprouting in what would become Inyo County, California.
• 2807 BC: Suggested date for an asteroid or comet impact occurring between Africa and Antarctica, around the time of a lunar eclipse on May 10, based on an analysis of flood stories. Possibly causing the Burckle crater and Fenambosy Chevron. ^{[4] [5]}
• Ur becomes one of the richest cities in Sumer ^[6]

Architecture

• 29th century BC in architecture

References

1. Marc Van De Mieroop, A History of the Ancient Near East ca. 3000 - 323 BC (Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2004), p. 39
2. Pelley, Patricia M. (2002). Postcolonial Vietnam: New Histories of the National Past. Duke University Press. p. 51.
3. "Viii Science and Technology". Archived from the original on 2006-05-02. Retrieved 2006-03-23.
4. "Cambridge Conference Correspondence". Archived from the original on 2006-09-01.
5. "Ancient Crash, Epic Wave". The New York Times. 14 November 2006.
6. "About Iraq Editorial". iraqdirectory.com.