20th century BC

"2000 B.C." redirects here. For the music album, see 2000 B.C. (Before Can-I-Bus).
Millennium: 2nd millennium BC
Centuries:
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 was a century which lasted from the year 2000 BC to 1901 BC.

Events

The pyramid ruin of Amenemhet I at Lisht. He was the founder of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt


Inventions, discoveries, introductions

Sovereign states

See: List of sovereign states in the 20th century BC.

References

  1. The Harappa Torso is now kept at the National Museum in New Delhi, India.
  2. The "Priest-king torso" is now kept at the National Museum of Pakistan, in Karachi.
  3. Watson, Traci (22 January 2013). "Earliest Evidence of Chocolate in North America". Science. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
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