20th century BC

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Millennium:	2nd millennium BC
Centuries:	21st century BC · 20th century BC · 19th century BC
Decades:	1990s BC 1980s BC 1970s BC 1960s BC 1950s BC 1940s BC 1930s BC 1920s BC 1910s BC 1900s BC
Categories:	Births – Deaths Establishments – Disestablishments

The 20th century BC is a century which lasted from the year 2000 BC to 1901 BC.

1 Events
2 Births
3 Inventions, discoveries, introductions
4 In fiction
5 Decades and years

Events

The pyramid ruin of Amenemhet I at Lisht. He was the founder of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt

2000 BC: Arrival of the ancestors of the Latins in Italy.
2000 BC: Town of Mantua is presumably founded.
2000 BC: Stonehenge is believed to have been completed.
2000 BC: Farmers and herders travel south from Ethiopia and settle in Kenya.
2000 BC: Horses are tamed and used for transport.
c. 2000 BC: First of the Minoan palaces on Crete.
c. 2000 BC: Site of palace complex Knossos starts to be occupied.
c. 2000 BC: Decline of Harappan civilization starts.
c. 2000 BC: Bronze Age starts in north Ancient China.
c. 2000 BC – Torso, from Harappa, Indus Valley Civilization, is made. It is now kept at National Museum, New Delhi.
c. 2000 BC-1900 BC – Torso of a "priest-king", from Mohenjo-Daro, Indus Valley civilization, is made. It is now kept at National Museum of Pakistan, Karachi.
2040 BC – 1556 BC: Xia Dynasty in China, Olmec civilization (Mesoamerica).
2064 BC – 1986 BC: Twin Dynasty wars in Egypt.
c. 2000 BC: Middle Jōmon period ends in Japan.
c. 2000 BC: Vessel, from Asahi Mound, Toyama Prefecture, is made. Jōmon period. It is now kept at Collection of Tokyo University.
c. 2000 BC: Dogū, from Kurokoma, Yamanashi Prefecture, is made. Jōmon period. It is now kept at Tokyo National Museum.
1991 BC: Egypt: Pharaoh Mentuhotep IV died. End of Eleventh Dynasty. Pharaoh Amenemhat I started to rule. Start of Twelfth Dynasty.
c. 1985 BC: Political authority becomes less centralized in Ancient Egypt.
c. 1985 BC – 1795 BC: Rock-cut tombs at Beni Hasan were made. Twelfth Dynasty.
c. 1985 BC – 1795 BC: "Hippopotamus", from the tomb of Senbi (governor) (Tomb B.3) at Meir was made. Twelfth Dynasty. It is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
February 27, 1953 BC: A very close alignment of the naked-eye planets takes place in which these planets are together in a span of 4.3 degrees.
c. 1942 BC: The so-called king of Leubingen (today part of Sömmerda) is buried in a large barrow within a 66 foot wide stone cairn inside a ring ditch.
1932 BC: Amorite conquest of Ur.
c. 1928 BC – 1895 BC: "Harvest scene", tempera fascimile by Nina de Garis Davies of wall painting in the tomb of Khnumhotep, Beni Hasan. Twelfth Dynasty.
1913 BC – 1903 BC: Egyptian-Nubian war.

Births

1973 BC—Reu, son of Peleg, according to the Hebrew Calendar
1941 BC—Serug, son of Reu, according to the Hebrew Calendar
1911 BC—Nahor, son of Serug, according to the Hebrew Calendar

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

2000 BC—First written accounts of Schizophrenia.
c. 2000 BC – Glass appears.
1950 BC—The copper bar cubit of Nippur defines the Sumerian cubit as 51.72 cm^{[citation needed]}

In fiction

~1600 BC: Setting for Valley of the Kings (Cecilia Holland)
2000 BC: See Stonehenge (novel)
A rumored film called 2,000 BC,2011 is set in 2,000 BC and focuses on a tribe of Mongolians migrating to America.

Decades and years

20th century BC
22nd century BC←21st century BC← ↔ →19th century BC→18th century 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
1980s BC	1989 BC	1988 BC	1987 BC	1986 BC	1985 BC	1984 BC	1983 BC	1982 BC	1981 BC	1980 BC
1970s BC	1979 BC	1978 BC	1977 BC	1976 BC	1975 BC	1974 BC	1973 BC	1972 BC	1971 BC	1970 BC
1960s BC	1969 BC	1968 BC	1967 BC	1966 BC	1965 BC	1964 BC	1963 BC	1962 BC	1961 BC	1960 BC
1950s BC	1959 BC	1958 BC	1957 BC	1956 BC	1955 BC	1954 BC	1953 BC	1952 BC	1951 BC	1950 BC
1940s BC	1949 BC	1948 BC	1947 BC	1946 BC	1945 BC	1944 BC	1943 BC	1942 BC	1941 BC	1940 BC
1930s BC	1939 BC	1938 BC	1937 BC	1936 BC	1935 BC	1934 BC	1933 BC	1932 BC	1931 BC	1930 BC
1920s BC	1929 BC	1928 BC	1927 BC	1926 BC	1925 BC	1924 BC	1923 BC	1922 BC	1921 BC	1920 BC
1910s BC	1919 BC	1918 BC	1917 BC	1916 BC	1915 BC	1914 BC	1913 BC	1912 BC	1911 BC	1910 BC
1909–1900 BC	1909 BC	1908 BC	1907 BC	1906 BC	1905 BC	1904 BC	1903 BC	1902 BC	1901 BC	1900 BC
1890s BC	1899 BC	1898 BC	1897 BC	1896 BC	1895 BC	1894 BC	1893 BC	1892 BC	1891 BC	1890 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
AD
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

Additional info - part 2

12th century

As a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century is the period from 1101 to 1200 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian/Common Era. In the history of European culture, this period is considered part of the High Middle Ages and is sometimes called the Age of the Cistercians. In Song Dynasty China an invasion by Jurchens causes a political schism of north and south. The Khmer Empire of Cambodia flourished during this century, while the Fatimids of Egypt were overtaken by the Ayyubid dynasty.

12th century BC

The 12th century BC is the period from 1200 to 1101 BC. Although many human societies were literate in this period, most individual persons mentioned in this article ought to be considered legendary rather than historical.^{[citation needed]}

13th century

As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 through 1300 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian/Common Era. In the history of European culture, this period is considered part of the High Middle Ages, and after its conquests in Asia the Mongol Empire stretched from Eastern Asia to Eastern Europe.

19th century

The 19th century (1801-1900) was a period in history marked by the collapse of the Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Holy Roman and Mughal empires. This paved the way for the growing influence of the British Empire, the German Empire and the United States, spurring military conflicts but also advances in science and exploration.

1st millennium

The first millennium is a period of time that commenced on January 1, 1 AD, and ended on December 31, 1000, of the Julian calendar. This millennium is the beginning of the Anno Domini/Common Era for this calendar.

20th century

The Twentieth Century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1901 and ended on December 31, 2000. according to the Gregorian calendar, (2000 was the first century leap year since 1600).

21st century

The 21st century is the current century of the Christian Era or Common Era in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. It began on January 1, 2001 and will end on December 31, 2100.^{[citation needed]}

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