26th century BC
(27th century BC - 26th century BC - 25th century BC - other centuries) (4th millennium BC - 3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC)
---- Events 2900 - 2334 BC – Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period. 2570 BC – Estimated date of completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.2500 BC – The legendary line of Sanhuangwudi rulers of China is founded by Huang Di(approximate date). 2500 BC – approximate beginning of New Stone Age (Neolithic) in Britain
Significant persons Pharaoh Khufu (aka Cheops) of Egypt's Fourth Dynasty ruled from around 2589 to 2566 BC.
Inventions, discoveries, introductions 2575 BC – A foot defined as 26.45 cm by Sumerian ruler Gudea of Lagash. Rock drawings at Rødøy in Norway show the use of skis. Bactrian Camel and Dromedary are domesticated
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