Editing 24th century BC (section)

== Events ==
[[Image:IVC Map.png|thumb|right|Extent and major sites of the [[Indus Valley civilization]]]]
[[File:Letter Luenna Louvre AO4238.jpg|thumb|Letter in [[Sumerian cuneiform]], c. 2400 BC, found in [[Girsu]]]]
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*c. [[29th century BC|2900 BC]]–2334 BC: [[Mesopotamia]]n wars of the Early Dynastic period continue.
*c. 2400 BC–[[20th century BC|2000 BC]]: large painted jar with birds in the border made in the Indus River Valley civilization and is now at [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]]
* 2400 BC–There is archaeological evidence that the site of [[Assur]] was occupied at around this time.
*c. 2360 BC: [[Hekla]]-4 eruption.   
*c. 2350 BC: The [[2350 BC Middle East Anomaly]] (apparent [[Impact event|comet or asteroid impact]]) happened.
*c. 2350 BC: End of the [[Early Dynastic III]] period in Mesopotamia.
*c. 2350 BC: [[Lugal-Zage-Si]] of Umma conqueres [[Gu-Edin]] and unites [[Sumer]] as a single kingdom.
*c. 2350 BC: First destruction of the city of [[Mari, Syria|Mari]].
*c. 2345 BC: End of [[Fifth Dynasty of Egypt|Fifth Dynasty]]. Pharaoh [[Unas]] died.
*c. 2345 BC: [[Sixth Dynasty of Egypt]] starts (other date is 2460 BC).
*c. 2340 BC–[[22nd century BC|2180 BC]]: [[Akkadian Empire]].
*c. 2334 BC–[[2279 BC]]: [[ancient Semitic-speaking peoples|Semitic]] chieftain [[Sargon of Akkad]]'s conquest of [[Sumer]] and Mesopotamia.
*2333 BC: [[Dangun]] establishes [[Gojoseon]], the first Korean kingdom, according to [[Korean mythology]].
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