23rd century BC
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(4th millennium BC - 3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC)
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Events
- 2334 - 2279 BC (short chronology) Sargon of Akkad's conquest of Mesopotamia.
- c. 2285 BC - Enheduanna, high priestess of the moon god Nanna in Ur, was born.
- 2250 BC - Enheduanna, high priestess of the moon god Nanna in Ur, died.
- 2217 - 2193 BC - Nomadic invasions of Akkad.
- 2215 - 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.
- ca. 2202 BC - Last eruption of Mount Edgecumbe, Alaska.
- 2205 BC - The Xia Dynasty is founded in China.
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Significant persons
- Sargon of Akkad, founder of the Akkadian Empire and the earliest empire builder in recorded history
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Inventions, discoveries, introductions
es:Siglo XXIII adC fr:Années -2200 nl:23e eeuw v. Chr. pl:XXIII wiek p.n.e. sr:23. век пне. sv:2200-talet f.Kr.