{{Short description|One hundred years, from 2900 BC to 2801 BC}} {{Centurybox|-29}} The '''29th century BC''' was a century that lasted from the year 2900 BC to 2801 BC.

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

*{{circa|2900}} BC: Beginning of the 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 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: Sumerian pictographs evolve into phonograms. *2900 BC: 2334 BC: Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period. *2900 BC: First Mariote Kingdom founded. *2890 BC: Ancient Egypt: Pharaoh Qa'a died. End of First Dynasty, start of 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, 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 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. * *2832 BC: Estimated germination of the oldest living tree and organism on earth as of 2020 the Methuselah Tree, the 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 lunar 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>

==Architecture== *29th century BC in architecture

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