General
Population: Perhaps 27 million*
- Trade: Evidence of trade between India and Middle East (2300 BC)
Americas
- Central America: First permanent farming villages in Mesoamerica / Southern Mexico + pottery use (2300 BC)
Asia
- China: Yao Dynasty founded in China (2350 BC)
End of Yao Dynasty - start of Shun dynasty (2300 BC)
Europe
- General: Bronze in use in South-East Europe / Aegean region (2300 BC)
- Britain: Largest stone circle at Avebury built (2300 BC)
Middle East
- Akkad: Sargon the Semitic King extends empire to Mediterranean and founds city of Agade (2340 BC)
Sargon of Akkad conquers Mesopotamia (2334 BC)
Sargon II of Akkad dominates Sumer - start of Akkadian Empire in Iraq region (2300 BC)
- Lagash: Urukagina the king of Lagash promotes first known written law code (2350 BC)
- Mesopotamia: Lugalzaggisi defeated by Sargon - Sargon becomes king of the four quarters (2350 BC)
- Samaria: Semitic people absorb Sumerians as Semites settle in Mesopotamia (2300 BC)