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27th century BC

(28th century BC - 27th century BC - 26th century BC - other centuries)

(4th millennium BC - 3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC)

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Events:

• 2900 - 2334 BC -- Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period
• 2775 - 2650 BC -- Second Dynasty wars in Egypt
• Germination of the Bristlecone pine tree "Methuselah" about 2700 BC, the oldest tree still living now
• 2686 BC -- Egypt: End of Second Dynasty, start of Third Dynasty
• 2630 BC - 2611 BC - Reign of Djoser, Pharaoh of Egypt.
• 2630 - 2611 BC - Imhotep, Vizier of Egypt constructs the Pyramid of Djoser
• 2613 BC -- Egypt: End of Third Dynasty, start of Fourth Dynasty
• 2600 BC - End of the Early Dynastic II Period and the beginning of the Early Dynastic IIIa Period in Mesopotamia

Significant persons:

• Gilgamesh, fourth King of Uruk in Sumer.
• Djoser, first Pharaoh of the Third dynasty of Egypt.
• Imhotep, Vizier of Egypt and architect.

Inventions, Discoveries, Introductions:

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