27th century BC

One hundred years, from 2700 BC to 2601 BC
Millennium
3rd millennium BC
Centuries
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Decades
  • 2690s BC
  • 2680s BC
  • 2670s BC
  • 2660s BC
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  • 2640s BC
  • 2630s BC
  • 2620s BC
  • 2610s BC
  • 2600s BC
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The 27th century BC was a century that lasted from the year 2700 BC to 2601 BC.

Events

Statuette of Imhotep in the Louvre. He is the first architect and physician whose name was recorded and has survived to modern times.
  • c. 2750–2600 BC: Early Dynastic II Period in Mesopotamia.[1]
  • c. 2700 BC: The beginning of statuary in Egypt, with shale and limestone statues of Khasekhemwy created in Nekhen.[2]
  • c. 2698 BC: Supposed beginning of the mythical reign of the legendary Yellow Emperor of China.[3]
  • c. 2686–2613 BC: Third Dynasty of Egypt, consisting of the reigns of Djoser, Sekhemkhet, Sanakht (Nebka), Khaba and Huni.
    • Imhotep, vizier and architect of Djoser, constructs the Pyramid of Djoser, Egypt's earliest stone edifice, in Saqqara.[4]
  • c. 2650 BC:
  • c. 2613–2494 BC: Fourth Dynasty of Egypt.
    • c. 2670–2620 BC: The reign of the pharaoh Sneferu and his vizier Nefermaat. Sneferu leads a campaign in Nubia and returns with about 7,000 prisoners, who would be employed as servants in the royal estates. Sneferu then sends an expedition to Libya which brings back 11,000 prisoners and 13,100 heads of cattle.[2] Sneferu sends 40 ships to Byblos for the retrieval of cedar wood for the construction of ships.[10] Under Sneferu's reign and that of his son Khufu, copper mines and turquoise quarries are developed in Sinai. The tomb of Hetepheres I, wife of Sneferu and mother of Khufu, demonstrates that cabinetry and jewelry are well-developed.[11] A depiction of plowing painted in the tomb of Itet and Nefermaat in Meidum is the earliest testament to the technique in Africa.[12]

Notes

References

  1. ^ Roux, Georges (25 July 2015). La Mésopotamie. Essai d'histoire politique, économique et culturelle. Le Seuil. p. 115. ISBN 9782021291636.
  2. ^ a b Grimal, Nicolas (1988). Histoire de l'Égypte ancienne. Fayard. p. 451. ISBN 9782213640013.
  3. ^ Mungello, D. E. (1988-11-01). Curious Land: Jesuit Accommodation and the Origins of Sinology. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. p. 132. ISBN 978-0-8248-1219-5.
  4. ^ Touaibia, Yasmina (2014). Égypte. De Boeck Superieur. p. 10. ISBN 9782804185305.
  5. ^ McIntosh, Matthew (2020-01-06). "Sumerian Temple Architecture in Early Mesopotamia". Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
  6. ^ F. Joannès and B. Lafont, Sumériens archaïques (rois), 2001, p. 802
  7. ^ Jones, Mark Wilson (2000-01-01). "Doric Measure and Architectural Design 1: The Evidence of the Relief from Salamis". American Journal of Archaeology. 104 (1). University of Chicago Press: 73–93. doi:10.2307/506793. ISSN 0002-9114. JSTOR 506793.
  8. ^ Duran, Zaide; Aydar, Umut (2012). "Digital modeling of world's first known length reference unit: The Nippur cubit rod". Journal of Cultural Heritage. 13 (3). Elsevier BV: 352–356. doi:10.1016/j.culher.2011.12.006. ISSN 1296-2074.
  9. ^ Bronze from Chafadji-temple and stone from tomb of Ptahhoteb near Saqqara.
  10. ^ Pirenne, Jacques (1961). Histoire de la civilisation de l'Égypte ancienne. Vol. 1. La Baconniére. p. 182.
  11. ^ Magi, Giovanna (1970). L'Égypte, 7000 ans d'histoire. Casa Editrice Bonechi. p. 52. ISBN 9788847618688.
  12. ^ Dupuy, Christian (2015). "La traction animale en Égypte pendant les IIIe-IIe millénaires av J.-C. Araires, traîneaux, puis chariots et chars". SENOUY, Association dauphinoise d'égyptologie Champollion (14): 69–74.
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27th century BC
29th century BC ← 28th century BC ← ↔ → 26th century BC → 25th century BC
2700s BC 2709 BC 2708 BC 2707 BC 2706 BC 2705 BC 2704 BC 2703 BC 2702 BC 2701 BC 2700 BC
2690s BC 2699 BC 2698 BC 2697 BC 2696 BC 2695 BC 2694 BC 2693 BC 2692 BC 2691 BC 2690 BC
2680s BC 2689 BC 2688 BC 2687 BC 2686 BC 2685 BC 2684 BC 2683 BC 2682 BC 2681 BC 2680 BC
2670s BC 2679 BC 2678 BC 2677 BC 2676 BC 2675 BC 2674 BC 2673 BC 2672 BC 2671 BC 2670 BC
2660s BC 2669 BC 2668 BC 2667 BC 2666 BC 2665 BC 2664 BC 2663 BC 2662 BC 2661 BC 2660 BC
2650s BC 2659 BC 2658 BC 2657 BC 2656 BC 2655 BC 2654 BC 2653 BC 2652 BC 2651 BC 2650 BC
2640s BC 2649 BC 2648 BC 2647 BC 2646 BC 2645 BC 2644 BC 2643 BC 2642 BC 2641 BC 2640 BC
2630s BC 2639 BC 2638 BC 2637 BC 2636 BC 2635 BC 2634 BC 2633 BC 2632 BC 2631 BC 2630 BC
2620s BC 2629 BC 2628 BC 2627 BC 2626 BC 2625 BC 2624 BC 2623 BC 2622 BC 2621 BC 2620 BC
2610s BC 2619 BC 2618 BC 2617 BC 2616 BC 2615 BC 2614 BC 2613 BC 2612 BC 2611 BC 2610 BC
2600s BC 2609 BC 2608 BC 2607 BC 2606 BC 2605 BC 2604 BC 2603 BC 2602 BC 2601 BC 2600 BC
2590s BC 2599 BC 2598 BC 2597 BC 2596 BC 2595 BC 2594 BC 2593 BC 2592 BC 2591 BC 2590 BC
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