Editing 25th century BC (section)

== Events ==
[[Image:PyramidOfUserkaf.jpg|thumb|The ruined [[pyramid of Userkaf]] at [[Saqqara]]. He was the founder of the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt]]

* '''c. 2900–2334 BC''': [[Mesopotamia]]n wars of the [[Early Dynastic Period (Mesopotamia)|Early Dynastic period]].
* '''c. 2500 BC''': [[Rice]] was first introduced to [[Malaysia]]
* '''c. 2500 BC''': N1c Y-DNA first found from Europe from Serteya II<ref>{{Citation |last=Mazurkevich |first=Andrey |title=Underwater Investigations in Northwest Russia: |date=2011-04-08 |work=Submerged Prehistory |pages=158–172 |url=https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvh1dx0v.18 |access-date=2025-04-22 |publisher=Oxbow Books |last2=Dolbunova |first2=Ekaterina}}</ref>
* '''c. 2500 BC''': [[Scribe|Scribal]] schools flourish throughout [[Sumer]].
* '''c. 2500 BC''': [[Assyria]] is established.
* '''c. 2500 BC''': Cylinder seal from [[Sumer]] and its impression are made. It is now in the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], New York.
* '''c. 2500 BC''': Excavation and development of the [[Hypogeum of Ħal-Saflieni]] at [[Paola, Malta]], a subterranean temple complex subsequently used as a [[necropolis]].
* '''c. 2500 BC''': The [[Pyramid of Khafre]], [[Giza]], is built.
* '''c. 2500 BC''': The sculpture [[Khafre Enthroned]] is made.
* '''c. 2500 BC''': People in [[Peru]] rely on fish and mussels for food.
*'''c. 2500 BC''': Evidence of long-distance trade routes in [[South America]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8K8EEFZJlmQC|title=Timelines of History: The Ultimate Visual Guide to the Events That Shaped the World|publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley]]|year=2011|isbn=978-0-7566-8945-2|pages=26|language=en}}</ref>
* '''c. 2500 BC''': [[Skara Brae]] is abandoned after approximately 600 years of occupation.
* '''c. 2500–2250 BC''': [[Ebla tablets]] are collected in the ancient city of [[Ebla]], [[Syria]]. Discovered by [[Italy|Italian]] archaeologist [[Paolo Matthiae]] and his team in 1974–75, is considered to be the first, if not the oldest, inactive library being the [[Saint Catherine's Monastery#Manuscripts and icons|St. Catherine's Monastery Library]] ([[565]]) the oldest active one.
* '''c. 2500–2000 BC''': [[Mohenjo-daro]] is about {{convert|7|sqmi|km2|0}} in size and has a population of c. 20,000 to 50,000.
* '''c. 2494–2345 BC''': "Sculptors at work", relief from [[Saqqara]], [[Fifth Dynasty]]. It is now at [[Egyptian Museum]], [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]].
* '''c. 2494–2345 BC''': ''[[The Seated Scribe]]'', a sculpture found at [[Saqqara]], [[Fifth Dynasty of Egypt]] is made. It is now in [[Musée du Louvre]], Paris.
* '''2492 BC''': Traditional date for the legendary foundation of [[Armenia]] by [[Hayk]].
* '''c. 2450 BC''': End of the Early Dynastic IIIa Period and beginning of the Early Dynastic IIIb Period in [[Sumer]].
* '''c. 2450 BC''': [[Kish (Sumer)|Kish]] is lost to [[Hamazi]] tribesmen of the [[Kurdistan]] mountains; [[Elam]] under the [[Awan dynasty]] occupies parts of Sumer. (Roux 1980)
* '''c. 2410 BC''': By this time, kings in [[Sumer]] have ceased to be automatically high priests of the [[Sumerian religion|city deity]]. (Roux 1980) Infiltration and conquest of [[Mesopotamia]] by [[ancient Semitic-speaking peoples]] begins. (1968 RD Almanac)
* '''c. 2400–2200 BC''': Construction of [[Stonehenge]]
* [[Megalithic culture]] begins to spread through Europe and the western Mediterranean. (1968 RD Almanac)
* Earliest signs of [[Corded Ware culture]] from the [[Caucasus]]. (Encyc. Americana)
* Southeastern [[Spain]] is settled from the Mediterranean, by people using [[Prehistoric Egypt]]ian-style pottery. (Encyc. Americana)
* [[Amorites]] and [[Canaanites]] occupy [[Syria]] and [[Lebanon]]. (Encyc. Americana)