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The 23rd century BC was a century that lasted from the year 2300 BC to 2201 BC.

Events

Ruins of the pyramid complex of Pepi II, possibly the longest reigning monarch in recorded history

2334 BC – 2279 BC: (short chronology) Sargon of Akkad's conquest of Mesopotamia.
c. 2300 BC: Indus Valley civilisation (Harappan) flourishing in modern-day eastern Pakistan - western India.
c. 2300 BC: Metals start to be used in Northern Europe.
c. 2300 BC: Unetice culture emerges in the modern day Czech Republic.
c. 2300 BC: Canal Bahr Yusuf (current name) is created when the waterway from the Nile to the natural lake (now Lake Moeris) is widened and deepened to create a canal.
c. 2300 BC – 2200 BC: "Head of a man from Nineveh" (modern Kuyunjik, Iraq) is made. It is now in Iraq Museum, Baghdad.
c. 2300 BC – 2184 BC: Disk of Enheduanna, from Ur, (modern Muqaiyir, Iraq) is made. It is now in University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
c. 2300–2250 BC, reigns of Pepi I Meryre and Merenre Nemtyemsaf I, beginning of Pepi II Neferkares' rule, all of the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt.
c. 2288 BC: "Queen Merye-ankhnes and her son Pepy II" is sculpted, Sixth dynasty of Egypt. The alabaster statuette is now at The Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York.
c. 2285 BC: Enheduanna, high priestess of the moon god Nanna in Ur, was born.
c. 2254 BC – 2218 BC: Stela of Naram-Sin, probably from Sippar, discovered in Susa (modern Shush, Iran), is made. It is now in Musée du Louvre, Paris.
c. 2250 BC: The beginning of the Meghalayan Stage, the last of the three stages of the Holocene.^[1]^[2]
c. 2250 BC: Earliest evidence of maize cultivation in Central America.
c. 2240 BC: Akkad, capital of the Akkadian Empire, becomes the largest city in the world, surpassing Memphis, capital of Egypt.^[3]
c. 2220 BC: Scord of Brouster farmstead established in Shetland, Scotland
c. 2220 BC: Mount Edgecumbe (Alaska) volcano erupts near present-day Sitka, Alaska.
c. 2215 BC: A Guti army swept down from the Zagros Mountains and defeated the demoralized Akkadian army. They took Agade, the capital of Akkad, and destroyed it thoroughly.
c. July 2215 BC: Comet Hale-Bopp visits the inner solar system and would not return until the year AD 1997.

References

^ *"ICS chart containing the Quaternary and Cambrian GSSPs and new stages (v 2018/07) is now released!". Retrieved February 1, 2019.
^ *Conners, Deanna (September 18, 2018). "Welcome to the Meghalayan age". Retrieved February 1, 2019.
^ Rosenberg, Matt T. "Largest Cities Through History". Archived from the original on 2016-08-18. Retrieved 2009-11-11.

Decades and years

23rd century BC
25th century BC ← 24th century BC ← ↔ → 22nd century BC → 21st century BC

2300s BC	2309 BC	2308 BC	2307 BC	2306 BC	2305 BC	2304 BC	2303 BC	2302 BC	2301 BC	2300 BC
2290s BC	2299 BC	2298 BC	2297 BC	2296 BC	2295 BC	2294 BC	2293 BC	2292 BC	2291 BC	2290 BC
2280s BC	2289 BC	2288 BC	2287 BC	2286 BC	2285 BC	2284 BC	2283 BC	2282 BC	2281 BC	2280 BC
2270s BC	2279 BC	2278 BC	2277 BC	2276 BC	2275 BC	2274 BC	2273 BC	2272 BC	2271 BC	2270 BC
2260s BC	2269 BC	2268 BC	2267 BC	2266 BC	2265 BC	2264 BC	2263 BC	2262 BC	2261 BC	2260 BC
2250s BC	2259 BC	2258 BC	2257 BC	2256 BC	2255 BC	2254 BC	2253 BC	2252 BC	2251 BC	2250 BC
2240s BC	2249 BC	2248 BC	2247 BC	2246 BC	2245 BC	2244 BC	2243 BC	2242 BC	2241 BC	2240 BC
2230s BC	2239 BC	2238 BC	2237 BC	2236 BC	2235 BC	2234 BC	2233 BC	2232 BC	2231 BC	2230 BC
2220s BC	2229 BC	2228 BC	2227 BC	2226 BC	2225 BC	2224 BC	2223 BC	2222 BC	2221 BC	2220 BC
2210s BC	2219 BC	2218 BC	2217 BC	2216 BC	2215 BC	2214 BC	2213 BC	2212 BC	2211 BC	2210 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

Centuries and millennia

Millennium	Century
BC (BCE)
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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)
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2nd	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th
3rd	21st	22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	28th	29th	30th