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3rd millennium BC
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The 22nd century BC was a century that lasted from the year 2200 BC to 2101 BC.

Events

4.2-kiloyear event: A severe aridification event that probably lasts the entire 22nd century BC and causes the collapse of several Old World civilizations.
2217 BC–2193 BC: Nomadic invasions of the Mesopotamian city of Akkad.
c. 2200 BC: Austronesians reach the Batanes Islands of the Philippine Archipelago as part of the Austronesian Expansion.
c. 2184 BC: Possible date for the death of Pharaoh Pepi II Neferkare of the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt, the longest reigning monarch of history with 94 years on the throne.
c. 2184 BC: Ephemeral rule of Merenre Nemtyemsaf II in Egypt.
c. 2184–2181 BC: Reign of Netjerkare Siptah, last pharaoh of the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt, who will later give rise to the legendary figure of Nitocris.
c. 2181 BC: End of the Old Kingdom of Egypt and start of the First Intermediate Period, the doubtful Seventh Dynasty and the Eighth Dynasty of Egypt with Menkare (these periods may extend to c. 2160 BC or beyond). The fall of the Old Kingdom may have been caused by a conjunction of severe droughts, strong decentralization of the state and confusion following the extremely long reign of Pepi II.
c. 2180 BC: Akkadian Empire falls under attack by the Guti (Mesopotamia), a mountain people from the northeast.
c. 2160 BC: End of the reign of Pharaoh Neferirkare, last king of the Eighth Dynasty of Egypt. Beginning of the Ninth Dynasty, possibly after the overthrow of Neferirkare.
c. 2160 BC: Beginning of Middle Minoan period in Crete.
c. 2150 BC: City state of Lagash in Mesopotamia is established.
c. 2150–2030 BC: The Epic of Gilgamesh is written in Mesopotamia in Akkadian.
c. 2144 BC: Gudea, ruler (ensi) of Lagash, starts to reign.
2138 BC: A solar eclipse on 9 May and a lunar eclipse on 24 May occur and are believed to be the double eclipse that takes place 23 years after the ascension of king Shulgi of Babylon by those holding to the long chronology.
c. 2125 BC–2055 BC: "Model of a house and garden, from Thebes", Eleventh Dynasty of Egypt.^[2]
2124 BC: Gudea, ruler (ensi) of Lagash, dies.
c. 2120 BC: Votive statue of Gudea from Lagash (Iraq) is made.^[3]
2119 BC–2113 BC (middle chronology): Utu-hengal, first king of the third dynasty of Ur, also called the Neo-Sumerian Empire.
2116 BC–2110 BC: Uruk–Gutian war.
2112 BC–2095 BC: Sumerian campaigns of Ur-Nammu.

References

^ Sin-léqi-unnínni (2017). Ele que o abismo viu [He who Saw the Abysm] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Translated by Jacyntho Lins Brandão. Autêntica. p. 13. ISBN 978-85-513-0283-5.
^ Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
^ Now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris.

Decades and years

22nd century BC
24th century BC ← 23rd century BC ← ↔ → 21st century BC → 20th century BC

2200s BC	2209 BC	2208 BC	2207 BC	2206 BC	2205 BC	2204 BC	2203 BC	2202 BC	2201 BC	2200 BC
2190s BC	2199 BC	2198 BC	2197 BC	2196 BC	2195 BC	2194 BC	2193 BC	2192 BC	2191 BC	2190 BC
2180s BC	2189 BC	2188 BC	2187 BC	2186 BC	2185 BC	2184 BC	2183 BC	2182 BC	2181 BC	2180 BC
2170s BC	2179 BC	2178 BC	2177 BC	2176 BC	2175 BC	2174 BC	2173 BC	2172 BC	2171 BC	2170 BC
2160s BC	2169 BC	2168 BC	2167 BC	2166 BC	2165 BC	2164 BC	2163 BC	2162 BC	2161 BC	2160 BC
2150s BC	2159 BC	2158 BC	2157 BC	2156 BC	2155 BC	2154 BC	2153 BC	2152 BC	2151 BC	2150 BC
2140s BC	2149 BC	2148 BC	2147 BC	2146 BC	2145 BC	2144 BC	2143 BC	2142 BC	2141 BC	2140 BC
2130s BC	2139 BC	2138 BC	2137 BC	2136 BC	2135 BC	2134 BC	2133 BC	2132 BC	2131 BC	2130 BC
2120s BC	2129 BC	2128 BC	2127 BC	2126 BC	2125 BC	2124 BC	2123 BC	2122 BC	2121 BC	2120 BC
2110s BC	2119 BC	2118 BC	2117 BC	2116 BC	2115 BC	2114 BC	2113 BC	2112 BC	2111 BC	2110 BC
2100s 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

Centuries and millennia

Millennium	Century
BC (BCE)
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 (CE)
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