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2566 BC
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The 26th century BC is a century which lasted from the year 2600 BC to 2501 BC.
Events
Picture of the Great Pyramid of Khufu
c. 2900 BC–2334 BC — Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period continue.
c. 2600 BC — The Harappan civilization rises to become a powerful civilization.
c. 2600 BC — Pre-Palace Period , phase I, in Crete (Mellersh 1970)
c. 2600 BC–2500 BC — Wild horses still provide hunting feasts in Denmark . (Clutton-Brock)
c. 2589 BC — Pharaoh Khufu starts to rule (other date is 2601 BC).
c. 2578 BC — Khufu died.
c. 2575 BC — Old Kingdom in Egypt 4th Dynasty Snofru is Pharaoh. (Atlas of Egypt 1989)
c. 2570 BC — Khafra started to rule in Ancient Egypt .
c. 2566 BC — Pharaoh Khufu dies (other date is 2578 BC).
c. 2558 BC — Pharaoh Khafra starts to rule (other date is 2570 BC).
c. 2550 BC — Estimated date of completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza .
c. 2550 BC — Egyptian rulers contact Western Desert oases, such as Dakhla Oasis .
c. 2550 BC — About this time, Mesannepada is king of Ur (followed by his son, [[]]) who founds the First dynasty of Ur and overthrows the last king of Uruk , as well as Mesalim of Kish . [Roux 1980]
c. 2544 BC — Khafra died.
c. 2533 BC — Menkaura started to rule in Ancient Egypt .
c. 2532 BC — Pharaoh Khafra dies (other date is 2544 BC).
c. 2532 BC — Pharaoh Menkaura starts to rule (other date is 2533 BC).
c. 2515 BC — Menkaura died.
c. 2510 BC – 2460 BC — Ti watching a hippopotamus hunt, tomb of Ti, Saqqara , Fifth dynasty of Egypt , is made. Discovered by French archeologist Auguste Mariette in 1865 .
c. 2503 BC — Pharaoh Menkaura dies (other date is 2515 BC).
c. 2500 BC — The legendary line of Sanhuangwudi rulers of China is founded by Huang Di .
c. 2500 BC — the construction of the stone circle at Stonehenge begins and continues for the next five hundred years.
c. 2500 BC — "Menkaura and a Queen, perhaps his wife, Queen Khamerernebty II " sculpture, later found at Giza . Fourth Dynasty . It is now in Museum of Fine Arts, Boston .
Significant people
Deaths
2566 — Khufu dies
Inventions, discoveries, introductions
Decades and years
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