26th century BC Chr.

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The 26th century BC Chr. Began v on January 1, 2600. And ended on December 31, 2501 BC. This corresponds to the period 4550 to 4451 before today or the interval 4069 to 3977 radiocarbon years .

The pyramids of Giza , on the left Mykerinos, in the middle Chephren and on the right that of Cheops ("Great Pyramid")

Age / Epoch

Events / developments

Collars and reconstructed Puabi headdress , British Museum

Inventions and discoveries

  • The game " Senet " is documented in ancient Egypt on a painting in the tomb of Hesy.

Buildings

  • Perhaps in the 26th century BC The Great Sphinx of Giza was built. Whether the Egyptian pharaoh Cheops or Chephren was the builder of the Sphinx is still a matter of dispute. In any case, the Sphinx cannot have been built before the Great Pyramid .
  • From 2600 BC Chr .:
    • The bluestones are set up in Stonehenge (phase 3 I) and then the sarsen stones (phase 3 II - 2600 to 2400 BC)
  • Around 2600 to 2580 BC Chr .:
    • Construction of the Great Pyramid in Giza .
  • Around 2550 to 2530 BC Chr .:
  • 2548 BC Chr .:
  • 2540 to 2520 BC Chr .:

Personalities

Statuette of Cheops (Cairo Museum)

Note: The years of government cannot be precisely determined in this century. Therefore, these are approximate estimates.

Pharaohs of Egypt

4th dynasty:

Kings of Kiš

King of Lagaš

Emperor of China

  • Huáng Dì ( Chinese   黃帝  /  黄帝 ) - the mythical Yellow Emperor (2696 to 2598 BC, also 2674 to 2575 BC)

Archaeological cultures

Cultures in North Africa

Cultures in Mesopotamia and the Middle East

Peace side of the standard of Ur

Cultures in East Asia

Cultures in South Asia

Spread of the Indus culture

Cultures in North Asia

Cultures in Europe

Coil-shaped pyxis from Chalandriani, Syros , FK II
Floor plan of the stone circles of Stonehenge

Cultures in america

Individual evidence

  1. Mahmoud Rashad: Iran: History, Culture and Traditions: Ancient Sites and Islamic Art in Persia. DuMont Reiseverlag, 1998, ISBN 3-7701-3385-4 , p. 40
  2. Brigitte Beier: New Chronicle of World History. Wissenmedia Verlag, 2007, ISBN 3-577-14639-7 , p. 152
  3. Michael Witzel : The old India. CH Beck, 2010, ISBN 3-406-59717-3 , p. 19
  4. Sphinx of Giza . In: Pyramidenbau.info . Retrieved February 24, 2012
  5. ^ David W. Anthony: The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World . Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ 2007, ISBN 978-0-691-05887-0 , pp. 308 .

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