Editing 29th century BC (section)

==Events==
[[Image:Prometheus Wheeler.jpg|thumb|right|The grove in which the Prometheus Tree grew, with the [[Wheeler Peak (Nevada)|Wheeler Peak]] headwall in the distance]]

*{{circa|2900}} BC: Beginning of the [[History of Sumer#Early Dynastic period|Early Dynastic Period I]] in [[Sumer]].<ref>Marc Van De Mieroop, ''A History of the Ancient Near East ca. 3000 - 323 BC'' (Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2004), p. 39</ref>
*{{circa|2900}} BC – [[2600 BC]]: Votive statues from [[Eshnunna#Square Temple of Abu|the Square Temple of Eshnunna]] (modern Tell Ashmar, [[Iraq]]) were made. One of them is now in the [[Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago]]. Excavated 1932–1933.
*{{circa|2900 BC}} – [[2400 BC]]: [[Sumer#Early Dynastic Period|Sumer]]ian [[pictograph]]s evolve into [[Phonogram (linguistics)|phonogram]]s.
*2900 BC – [[2334 BC]]: [[Mesopotamia]]n [[Early Dynastic Period (Mesopotamia)#War|wars of the Early Dynastic period]].
*2900 BC-[[Mari, Syria|First Mariote Kingdom]] founded.
*2890 BC: [[Egypt]]: Pharaoh [[Qa'a]] died. End of [[First dynasty of Egypt|First Dynasty]], start of [[Second dynasty of Egypt|Second Dynasty]]. Pharaoh [[Hotepsekhemwy]] started to rule.
*2890 BC – [[Akkadian language]] names are recorded from about this time period.
*2880 BC: Estimated germination of the [[Prometheus (tree)|Prometheus Tree]], previously thought to be the world's oldest living organism until it was cut down in 1964 AD.
*2879 BC: [[Hùng Vương]] [[Kinh Dương Vương]] established the [[Hồng Bàng dynasty]] in Vietnam (then known as [[Xích Quỷ]]).<ref>{{Cite book|title=Postcolonial Vietnam: New Histories of the National Past|last=Pelley|first=Patricia M.|publisher=Duke University Press|year=2002|pages=51}}</ref> 
*{{circa|2874}} BC: The [[365-day calendar]] year was installed in ancient Egypt, with fixed lunar months of 30 days + 5 [[Intercalation (timekeeping)|epagomenal]] days.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.leidenuniv.nl/nino/aeb93/aeb93_8.html |title=Viii Science and Technology |access-date=2006-03-23 |url-status=dead  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060502010041/http://www.leidenuniv.nl/nino/aeb93/aeb93_8.html |archive-date=2006-05-02 }}</ref>
*2863 BC: Egyptian 2nd Dynasty Prince Raneb born around this year in history.  
*2860 BC: Saqqara Tomb A construction started. 
*2852 BC: The beginning of the period of the [[Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors]] in China.
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*2832 BC: Estimated germination of the oldest living tree and organism on earth as of 2020 the [[Methuselah (pine tree)|Methuselah Tree]], the [[List of oldest trees|second-oldest]] known organism. Sprouting in what would become [[Inyo County]], [[California]]. 
*2807 BC: Suggested date for an [[asteroid]] or [[comet]] impact occurring between Africa and [[Antarctica]], around the time of a solar eclipse on May 10, based on an analysis of flood stories. Possibly causing the [[Burckle crater]] and [[Fenambosy Chevron]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://abob.libs.uga.edu/bobk/ccc/cc022500.html |title=Cambridge Conference Correspondence |url-status=dead  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060901081739/http://abob.libs.uga.edu/bobk/ccc/cc022500.html |archive-date=2006-09-01 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/14/science/14WAVE.html|title=Ancient Crash, Epic Wave|date=14 November 2006|work=The New York Times}}</ref>
*[[Ur]] becomes one of the richest cities in [[Sumer]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iraqdirectory.com/en/aboutiraq.asp|title=About Iraq Editorial|website=iraqdirectory.com}}</ref>