24th century BC

Centuries:		25th century BC -	24th century BC -	23rd century BC
Millennia:		4th millennium BC -	3rd millennium BC -	2nd millennium BC

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Extent and major sites of the Indus Valley Civilization.

2900–2334 BC — Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period.
c. 2383 BC — Pepi II Neferkare, the longest reigning monarch of all time, started to rule at age 6.
2350 BC — End of the Early Dynastic IIIb period in Mesopotamia.
2350 BC — First destruction of the city of Mari.
2334 BC — 2279 BC – Sargon of Akkad's conquest of Mesopotamia.
2333 BC — Dangun found Gojoseon.
c. 2332 BC — Sargon I started to rule.
c. 2331 BC — Semitic chieftain Sargon conquers Sumer.
2345 BC — End of Fifth Dynasty. Pharaoh Unas died.
c. 2340–2180 BC — Akkad.
City of Lothal founded under the Indus valley civilization.

The first official mentioning of beekeeping in Egypt.
The first documented use of an organized courier service for the diffusion of written documents in Egypt.

In 2333 or 2332 BC, Dangun founded the state Gojoseon (according to the Korean histories Samguk Yusa, originally written in the 12th c. CE, and Dongguk Tonggam, written in the 15th c. CE).

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