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One hundred years, from 2700 BC to 2601 BC
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 .
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
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doi :
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ISSN
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JSTOR
506793 .
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^ Bronze from Chafadji-temple and stone from tomb of Ptahhoteb near Saqqara.
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