2000–1901 BC20 events9 regions
20th century BC
In the 20th century BC: 20 events across 9 regions, including Andronovo cultural community, First settlement of the Batanes Islands, Amenemhat I founds the residence of Itjtawy.
Events
Western and Central Europe
- Princely barrow at Leubingenbetween 1952 and 1932 BC
- Vatya culturec. 2000 BC – c. 1500 BC
Balkans and Anatolia
- Old Assyrian merchant colony at Kaneshc. 1950 BC – c. 1730 BC
- Urn cemeteries of the copper-smelting communities of eastern Serbiac. 2000 BC – c. 1500 BC
Middle East and Egypt
- Amenemhat I founds the residence of Itjtawybetween 1985 and 1955 BC
- The Heqanakht Papersc. between 1961 and 1917 BC
- Senusret I raises the obelisk of Heliopolisc. 1936 BC
- Laws of Lipit-Ishtarbetween 1934 and 1924 BC
Africa
- Senusret I's year-18 campaign in Lower Nubiac. 1948 BC
- Tichitt tradition of the Mauritanian escarpmentsc. 2000 BC – c. 400 BC
Central and Northern Asia
- Chariot burial at Kamennyi Ambar 5between 1950 and 1880 BC
- Earliest burials at the Tianshanbeilu cemetery near Hamibetween 2022 and 1802 BC
- Andronovo cultural communityc. 2000 BC – c. 1150 BC
South Asia
- Parallel-walled building constructed at Pachamtac. 2000 BC
- Neolithic ashmound on Sannarachamma hill at Sanganakallubetween 1950 and 1900 BC – between 1900 and 1700 BC
- Ochre Coloured Pottery culture and the Copper Hoardsc. 2000 BC – c. 1500 BC
East Asia
- Catastrophe at Lajia1920 BC (?)
- Lower Xiajiadian culturec. 2000 BC – c. 1300 BC
Southeast Asia and Oceania
- First settlement of the Batanes Islandsc. 2000 BC
North America
- End of the last shell-ring village on Sapelo Island (Ring III)between 2015 and 1895 BC
Still going on
Processes that began earlier and continued through this period
- Valdivia culturec. 4400 BC – c. 1600 BC · Latin America
- Caral–Supe (Norte Chico) civilizationc. 3000 BC – c. 1800 BC · Latin America
- Ahar–Banas culturec. 3000 BC – c. 1500 BC · South Asia
- Okunev culturebetween 2600 and 2501 BC – between 1700 and 1601 BC · Central and Northern Asia
- Shimao: the stone-walled city of the Shimao culturec. 2300 BC – c. 1800 BC · East Asia
- Seima-Turbino phenomenonc. 2200 BC – c. 1900 BC · Eastern Europe
- Abashevo culturec. 2200 BC – c. 1850 BC · Eastern Europe
- Oxus civilisation (Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex)c. 2250 BC – c. 1700 BC · Central and Northern Asia
- Únětice culturec. 2300 BC – c. 1600 BC · Western and Central Europe
- Sintashta culturec. 2040 BC – c. 1730 BC · Central and Northern Asia
- Argaric culture of south-eastern Iberiac. 2200 BC – c. 1550 BC · Western and Central Europe
- Burial mounds and royal tombs of Early Dilmunc. 2050 BC – c. 1700 BC · Middle East and Egypt
- Hạ Long culturec. 2550 BC – c. 1050 BC · Southeast Asia and Oceania
- Saqqaq culturec. 2500 BC – c. 800 BC · North America