22nd century BC c.

The 22nd century BC began on January 1, 2200 B.C. C. and ended on December 31, 2101 a. c.

Events

• 2200 BC: the occurrence of kiloyear 4,2, an episode of severe climate change, with floods and droughts affecting different areas, which lasts the entire century.
• 2200 BC: In China, Emperor Yu creates dykes in the rivers.
• 2200 B.C.: Agricultural villages are developed in Mexico.
• 2200 BC in Peru is constructed Chankillo, the first solar observatory in America.
• 2200 B.C.: Between Mari and Ur emerges Urkesh.
• 2200 BC: The minoids appear.
• 2200 BC: the culture of the campaniform vessel appears.
• 2150 BC: In Iraq the Sumerian rebirth begins.
• 2150 B.C. (100 years): near Al Karak (Jordan), just a few kilometres east of the Dead Sea, there is a 7.3-grade earthquake in Richter's seismic scale.
• 2120 B.C.: the gutis are finally expelled from Mesopotamia by a coalition of Sumerian cities, led by Utu-hegal, king of the fifth Uruk dynasty.
• 2112 B.C.: Ur-Nammu founded the empire of Ur III.
• 2110 a. C.: Ur-Nammu ends the Lagash dynasty, and defeats Nammakhani in 2110 B.C., almost at the same time as Utukhengal.
• 2200 BC: the age of bronze is developed.

Relevant characters

• Gudea (2144-2124 BC) Patesi de Lagash.
• Utu-hegal (2120-2112 BC), leader of the coalition of Sumerian cities and king of Uruk under the title "king of the four regions of the world".
• Ur-Nammu, general or brother of Utu-hegal, to whom it happened or destroyed in 2112 B.C., proclaiming himself king of Sumeria and Akkad, definitively ending with the dominance of Uruk in Sumeria and with the fifth dynasty of Uruk (which was the last dynasty of this city), establishing the center of the powers in Uruk, beginning the prefect