22nd century BC

Millennium:	3rd millennium BC
Centuries:	23rd century BC · 22nd century BC · 21st century BC
Decades:	2190s BC 2180s BC 2170s BC 2160s BC 2150s BC 2140s BC 2130s BC 2120s BC 2110s BC 2100s BC
Categories:	Births – Deaths Establishments – Disestablishments

The 22nd century BC is a century which lasted from the year 2200 BC to 2101 BC.

Contents 1 Events 2 Significant persons 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Decades and years

Events

• 2217–2193 BC — Nomadic invasions of Akkad.
• 2200 BC — Sixth dynasty of Egypt ended.
• c. 2190 BC — Caused by a severe drought, Old Kingdom finished in Ancient Egypt. Start of First Intermediate Period. 7th–10th Dynasties.
• c. 2184 BC — Pharaoh Pepi II Neferkare dies (other date is 2289 BC?).
• c. 2181 BC — Old Kingdom ends in Ancient Egypt (other date is 2190 BC).
• c. 2181 BC — First Intermediate Period starts in Ancient Egypt (other date is 2190 BC).
• 2181 BC — Egypt: Pharaoh Nitocris died. End of Sixth Dynasty, start of Seventh Dynasty. Pharaoh Neferkara I started to reign.
• 2180 BC — Old Kingdom ends in Ancient Egypt. First Intermediate Period of Egypt starts.
• c. 2180 BC — Akkadian Empire fell under attack by the Guti (Mesopotamia), a mountain people from the northeast.
• 2173 BC — Egypt: End of Seventh Dynasty, start of Eighth Dynasty.
• 2160 BC — Egypt: Pharaoh Neferirkara died. End of Eighth Dynasty, start of Ninth Dynasty. Pharaoh Neferkare started to reign.
• c. 2160 BC — Beginning of Middle Minoan period in Crete.
• c. 2150–2030 BC — Gilgamesh epic was written.
• c. 2150 BC — Lagash.
• c. 2144 BC — Gudea, the ruler (ensi) of the city of Lagash, started to reign.
• 2138 BC — Babylon: A solar eclipse on 9 May and a lunar eclipse on 24 May occurred and are believed to be the double eclipse that took place 23 years after the ascension of king Shulgi of Babylon by those holding to the long chronology.
• 2130 BC — Egypt: End of Ninth Dynasty, start of Tenth Dynasty. Ninth Dynasty wars in Egypt started.
• c. 2125 BC–2055 BC BC — "Model of a house and garden, from Thebes". Eleventh dynasty of Egypt. It is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
• 2124 BC — Gudea, the ruler (ensi) of the city of Lagash, died.
• c. 2120 BC — Votive statue of Gudea, from Lagash (modern Telloh, Iraq) was made. It is now in Musee du Louvre, Paris.
• 2119–2113 BC — (middle chronology), Utu-hengal, first king of the third dynasty of Ur.
• 2116–2110 BC — Uruk-Gutian war.
• 2112 BC–2095 BC — Sumerian campaigns of Ur-Nammu.
• 2104–2103 BC — Date of the Biblical flood according to the Hebrew Calendar.

Significant persons

• Gudea
• Ur-Nammu
• Noah (2704–1753 BC) according to the Hebrew Calendar

Births

• Arpachshad, son of Shem, son of Noah, (2102–1664 BC) according to the Hebrew Calendar

Deaths

• Lamech, son of Methuselah, (2886–2109 BC) according to the Hebrew Calendar
• Methuselah, son of Enoch, (3073–2104 BC) according to the Hebrew Calendar

Decades and years

v • d • e Decades and years 22nd century BC 24th century BC←23rd century BC← ↔ →21st century BC→20th century BC 2209–2200 BC 2209 BC 2208 BC 2207 BC 2206 BC 2205 BC 2204 BC 2203 BC 2202 BC 2201 BC 2200 BC 2190s BC 2199 BC 2198 BC 2197 BC 2196 BC 2195 BC 2194 BC 2193 BC 2192 BC 2191 BC 2190 BC 2180s BC 2189 BC 2188 BC 2187 BC 2186 BC 2185 BC 2184 BC 2183 BC 2182 BC 2181 BC 2180 BC 2170s BC 2179 BC 2178 BC 2177 BC 2176 BC 2175 BC 2174 BC 2173 BC 2172 BC 2171 BC 2170 BC 2160s BC 2169 BC 2168 BC 2167 BC 2166 BC 2165 BC 2164 BC 2163 BC 2162 BC 2161 BC 2160 BC 2150s BC 2159 BC 2158 BC 2157 BC 2156 BC 2155 BC 2154 BC 2153 BC 2152 BC 2151 BC 2150 BC 2140s BC 2149 BC 2148 BC 2147 BC 2146 BC 2145 BC 2144 BC 2143 BC 2142 BC 2141 BC 2140 BC 2130s BC 2139 BC 2138 BC 2137 BC 2136 BC 2135 BC 2134 BC 2133 BC 2132 BC 2131 BC 2130 BC 2120s BC 2129 BC 2128 BC 2127 BC 2126 BC 2125 BC 2124 BC 2123 BC 2122 BC 2121 BC 2120 BC 2110s BC 2119 BC 2118 BC 2117 BC 2116 BC 2115 BC 2114 BC 2113 BC 2112 BC 2111 BC 2110 BC 2109–2100 BC 2109 BC 2108 BC 2107 BC 2106 BC 2105 BC 2104 BC 2103 BC 2102 BC 2101 BC 2100 BC 2090s BC 2099 BC 2098 BC 2097 BC 2096 BC 2095 BC 2094 BC 2093 BC 2092 BC 2091 BC 2090 BC

v • d • e Centuries and millennia Millennium Century BC 4th 40th 39th 38th 37th 36th 35th 34th 33rd 32nd 31st 3rd 30th 29th 28th 27th 26th 25th 24th 23rd 22nd 21st 2nd 20th 19th 18th 17th 16th 15th 14th 13th 12th 11th 1st 10th 9th 8th 7th 6th 5th 4th 3rd 2nd 1st AD 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 2nd 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 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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