The 26th century BC was a century that lasted from the year 2600 BC to 2501 BC. Events Crete. c. 2600–2400 BC: Early Minoan I period in Crete. Egypt. c. 2551–2526 BC: Reign of Khufu, second pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty. The height of …

The 31st century BC was a century that lasted from the year 3100 BC to 3001 BC. Events. Spiral design altar block from the Tarxien Temples of Malta, uncovered by Sir Themistocles Zammit. Front and Back Sides of Narmer Palette, this facsimile on display at ...

Events Asia. c. 1300–1046 BC: In China, the Shang dynasty flourishes as it settles its capital, Yin, near Anyang. Chinese settlers swarm in compact groups to create new clearing areas towards the Yangtze basin in the south, the Shanxi terraces in the northwest and the Wei River valley. The Shang then seem to frequently wage war with the still non-Sinicized populations who inhabit …

c. 3300 BC – 2600 BC: Early Harappan period continues in the Indus Valley. c. 3000 BC: Camels are domesticated in Egypt. c. 3000 BC: There is an intense phase of burial at Duma na nGiall on the Hill of Tara, the ancient seat of the High King of Ireland. c. 3000 BC: Stonehenge begins to be built. In its first version, it consists of a circular ...

The 4th century BC started the first day of 400 BC and ended the last day of 301 BC.It is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period.. This century marked the height of Classical Greek civilization in all of its aspects. By the year 400 BC Greek philosophy, art, literature and architecture had spread far and wide, with the numerous independent Greek …

The 34th century BC was a century that lasted from the year 3400 BC to 3301 BC. Cultures. Stage IIIa2 of the Naqada culture in Egypt (dated in 1998). Archaic forms of cuneiform emerge in the late Uruk period in Mesopotamia. Burial of a child at …

The 5th century BC started the first day of 500 BC and ended the last day of 401 BC. The Parthenon in Athens, a symbol of Ancient Greece and Western Philosophy. This century saw the establishment of Pataliputra as a capital of the Magadha Empire. This city would later become the ruling capital of different Indian kingdoms for about a thousand ...

The 39th century BC was a century which lasted from the year 3900 BC to 3801 BC. Events. A replica of the Sweet Track. The Post Track, an ancient causeway in the Somerset Levels, England, is built, c. 3838 BC. It is one of the oldest engineered roads discovered in …

The 1st century BC, also known as the last century BC and the last century BCE, started on the first day of 100 BC and ended on the last day of 1 BC.The AD/BC notation does not use a year zero; however, astronomical year numbering does use a zero, as well as a minus sign, so "2 BC" is equal to "year –1". 1st century AD (Anno Domini) follows.. In the course of the century, all …

The 13th century was the century which lasted from January 1, 1201 through December 31, 1300 in accordance with the Julian calendar.. The Mongol Empire was founded by Genghis Khan, which stretched from Eastern Asia to Eastern Europe.The conquests of Hulagu Khan and other Mongol invasions changed the course of the Muslim world, most notably the Siege of Baghdad …