Editing 22nd century BC

{{Short description|One hundred years, from 2200 BC to 2101 BC}}
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The '''22nd century BC''' was a [[century]] that lasted from the year 2200 BC to 2101 BC.

==Events==
[[image:British Museum Flood Tablet.jpg|right|thumb|The [[deluge (mythology)|Deluge]] tablet of the ''[[Epic of Gilgamesh]]'' in [[Akkadian language|Akkadian]]. The historical Gilgamesh had died centuries earlier before his epic was recorded.<ref>{{Cite book|url=|title=Ele que o abismo viu|trans-title=He who Saw the Abysm|language=pt-br|author=[[Sîn-lēqi-unninni|Sin-léqi-unnínni]]|translator=Jacyntho Lins Brandão|year=2017|publisher=Autêntica|page=13|isbn=978-85-513-0283-5}}</ref>]]
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*[[4.2-kiloyear event]]: A severe aridification event that probably lasts the entire 22nd century BC and causes the collapse of several Old World civilizations.
*[[23rd century BC|2217 BC]]–2193 BC: [[Nomad]]ic invasions of the Mesopotamian city of [[Akkad (city)|Akkad]].
* c. 2200 BC: [[Austronesian peoples|Austronesians]] reach the Batanes Islands of the Philippine Archipelago as part of the Austronesian Expansion. 
* c. 2218 BC: Ancient migrants from India reach Australia and mix with Indigenous Australians.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mestel |first=Rosie |last2=Times |first2=Los Angeles |date=2013-01-14 |title=DNA study sheds light on aboriginal Australians' heritage |url=https://www.latimes.com/science/la-xpm-2013-jan-14-la-sci-india-australia-migration-20130115-story.html |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
*c. 2184 BC: Possible date for the death of [[Pharaoh]] [[Pepi II Neferkare]] of the [[Sixth Dynasty of Egypt]], the longest reigning monarch of history with 94 years on the throne. 
*c. 2184 BC: Ephemeral rule of [[Merenre Nemtyemsaf II]] in Egypt.
*c. 2184–2181 BC: Reign of [[Netjerkare Siptah]], last pharaoh of the [[Sixth Dynasty of Egypt]], who will later give rise to the legendary figure of [[Nitocris]].
*c. 2181 BC: End of the [[Old Kingdom of Egypt]] and start of the [[First Intermediate Period]], the doubtful [[Seventh Dynasty of Egypt|Seventh Dynasty]] and the [[Eighth Dynasty of Egypt]] with [[Menkare]] (these periods may extend to c. 2160 BC or beyond). The fall of the Old Kingdom may have been caused by a conjunction of [[22nd century BC drought|severe droughts]], strong decentralization of the state and confusion following the extremely long reign of Pepi II.
*c. 2180 BC: [[Akkadian Empire]] falls under attack by the [[Guti (Mesopotamia)]], a [[mountain people]] from the northeast.
*c. 2160 BC: End of the reign of Pharaoh [[Neferirkare]], last king of the [[Eighth Dynasty of Egypt]]. Beginning of the [[Ninth Dynasty of Egypt|Ninth Dynasty]], possibly after the overthrow of Neferirkare.
*c. 2160 BC: Beginning of Middle [[Minoan civilization|Minoan]] period in [[Crete]].
*c. 2150 BC: City state of [[Lagash]] in Mesopotamia is established.
*c. 2150–2030 BC: The ''[[Epic of Gilgamesh]]'' is written in Mesopotamia in [[Akkadian language|Akkadian]].
*c. 2144 BC: [[Gudea]], ruler ([[Ensí|ensi]]) of [[Lagash]], starts to reign.
*2138 BC: A [[solar eclipse]] on 9 May and a [[lunar eclipse]] on 24 May occur and are believed to be the double eclipse that takes place 23 years after the ascension of king [[Shulgi]] of [[Babylon]] by those holding to the [[long chronology]].
*c. 2125 BC–[[21st century BC|2055 BC]]: "Model of a house and garden, from [[Thebes, Egypt|Thebes]]", [[Eleventh Dynasty of Egypt]].<ref>Now in the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], [[New York City|New York]].</ref>
*2124 BC: [[Gudea]], ruler ([[Ensí|ensi]]) of [[Lagash]], dies.
*c. 2120 BC: [[Votive offering|Votive]] statue of [[Gudea]] from [[Lagash]] ([[Iraq]]) is made.<ref>Now in the [[Musée du Louvre]], Paris.</ref>
*2119 BC–2113 BC ([[middle chronology]]): [[Utu-hengal]], first king of the [[third dynasty of Ur]], also called the Neo-Sumerian Empire.
*2116 BC–2110 BC: [[Uruk]]–[[Gutian dynasty of Sumer|Gutian]] war.
*2112 BC–2095 BC: [[Sumer]]ian campaigns of [[Ur-Nammu]].


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