1900 BCE

1900 BCE
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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 — Decline of Harappan civilization starts.
c. 2000 BC — Bronze Age starts in north Ancient China.
2040–1556 BC — Xia Dynasty in China, Olmec civilization (Mesoamerica).
2064–1986 BC — Twin Dynasty wars in Egypt.
1991 BC — Egypt: Pharaoh Mentuhotep IV died. End of Eleventh Dynasty. Pharaoh Amenemhat I started to rule. Start of Twelfth Dynasty.
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.
1953 BC February 27 — A very close alignment of the naked-eye planets takes place in which these planets are together in a span of 4.3 degrees.
1942 (+/-10) 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. 1928–1895 BC — "Harvest scene", tempera fascimile by Nina de Garis Davies of wall painting in the tomb of Khnumhotep, Beni Hasan. Twelfth Dynasty.
1913–1903 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
1950 BC — The copper bar cubit of Nippur defines the Sumerian cubit as 51.72 cm^{citation needed}

In Fiction

See Stonehenge (novel)

Decades and years

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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

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Centuries and millennia

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BC
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3rd	30th	29th	28th	27th	26th	25th	24th	23rd	22nd	21st
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1st	10th	9th	8th	7th	6th	5th	4th	3rd	2nd	1st
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3rd	21st	22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	28th	29th	30th
4th	31st	32nd	33rd	34th	35th	36th	37th	38th	39th	40th

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Events

Births

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

In Fiction

Decades and years