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XXV əsr – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="E.ə. XXV əsr" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%96%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC_%E0%A7%A8%E0%A7%AB%E0%A6%B6_%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%80" title="খ্রিষ্টপূর্ব ২৫শ শতাব্দী – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="খ্রিষ্টপূর্ব ২৫শ শতাব্দী" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/25_%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BA_%D0%BF%D1%80.%D0%BD.%D0%B5." title="25 век пр.н.е. – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="25 век пр.н.е." data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/25._vijek_p._n._e." title="25. vijek p. n. e. – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="25. vijek p. n. e." data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segle_XXV_aC" title="Segle XXV aC – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Segle XXV aC" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/25._stolet%C3%AD_p%C5%99._n._l." title="25. století př. n. l. – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="25. století př. n. l." data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/25._%C3%A5rhundrede_f.Kr." title="25. århundrede f.Kr. – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="25. århundrede f.Kr." data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/25._Jahrhundert_v._Chr." title="25. Jahrhundert v. Chr. – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="25. Jahrhundert v. Chr." data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siglo_XXV_a._C." title="Siglo XXV a. C. – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Siglo XXV a. C." data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/25-a_jarcento_a.K." title="25-a jarcento a.K. – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="25-a jarcento a.K." data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/K.a._XXV._mendea" title="K.a. XXV. mendea – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="K.a. XXV. mendea" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AF%D9%87_%DB%B2%DB%B5_(%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B4_%D8%A7%D8%B2_%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AF)" title="سده ۲۵ (پیش از میلاد) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="سده ۲۵ (پیش از میلاد)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/XXVe_si%C3%A8cle_av._J.-C." title="XXVe siècle av. J.-C. – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="XXVe siècle av. J.-C." data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/25e_iuw_f.Kr." title="25e iuw f.Kr. – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="25e iuw f.Kr." data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/25%C3%BA_haois_RC" title="25ú haois RC – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="25ú haois RC" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9culo_-XXV" title="Século -XXV – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Século -XXV" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B8%B0%EC%9B%90%EC%A0%84_25%EC%84%B8%EA%B8%B0" title="기원전 25세기 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="기원전 25세기" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84.%D5%A9.%D5%A1._2492" title="Մ.թ.ա. 2492 – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Մ.թ.ա. 2492" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abad_ke-25_SM" title="Abad ke-25 SM – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Abad ke-25 SM" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/25._%C3%B6ldin_f.Kr." title="25. öldin f.Kr. – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="25. öldin f.Kr." data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/XXV_secolo_a.C." title="XXV secolo a.C. – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="XXV secolo a.C." data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%94_%D7%94-25_%D7%9C%D7%A4%D7%A0%D7%94%22%D7%A1" title="המאה ה-25 לפנה"ס – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="המאה ה-25 לפנה"ס" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%AB%E1%83%95._%E1%83%AC._XXV_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%A3%E1%83%99%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94" title="ძვ. წ. XXV საუკუნე – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ძვ. წ. XXV საუკუნე" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karne_ya_25_KK" title="Karne ya 25 KK – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Karne ya 25 KK" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/25._gadsimts_p.m.%C4%93." title="25. gadsimts p.m.ē. – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="25. gadsimts p.m.ē." data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/25._Joerhonnert_v._Chr." title="25. Joerhonnert v. Chr. – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="25. Joerhonnert v. Chr." data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/XXV_am%C5%BEius_pr._m._e." title="XXV amžius pr. m. e. – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="XXV amžius pr. m. e." data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/I._e._25._sz%C3%A1zad" title="I. e. 25. század – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="I. e. 25. század" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/25_%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BA_%D0%BF.%D0%BD.%D0%B5." title="25 век п.н.е. – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="25 век п.н.е." data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/2440_%D9%82_%D9%85" title="2440 ق م – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="2440 ق م" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abad_ke-25_SM" title="Abad ke-25 SM – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Abad ke-25 SM" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/25e_eeuw_v.Chr." title="25e eeuw v.Chr. – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="25e eeuw v.Chr." data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B4%80%E5%85%83%E5%89%8D25%E4%B8%96%E7%B4%80" title="紀元前25世紀 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="紀元前25世紀" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/2400-talet_fvt." title="2400-talet fvt. – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="2400-talet fvt." data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mil._av._XXV_asr" title="Mil. av. XXV asr – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Mil. av. XXV asr" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/XXV_wiek_p.n.e." title="XXV wiek p.n.e. – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="XXV wiek p.n.e." data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9culo_XXV_a.C." title="Século XXV a.C. – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Século XXV a.C." data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secolul_al_XXV-lea_%C3%AE.Hr." title="Secolul al XXV-lea î.Hr. – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Secolul al XXV-lea î.Hr." data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/25_%C3%B1iqin_pachakwata_k%C3%B1" title="25 ñiqin pachakwata kñ – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="25 ñiqin pachakwata kñ" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/XXV_%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BA_%D0%B4%D0%BE_%D0%BD._%D1%8D." title="XXV век до н. э. – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="XXV век до н. э." data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/25th_century_BC" title="25th century BC – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="25th century BC" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/2500_pred_Kr." title="2500 pred Kr. – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="2500 pred Kr." data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/25._stoletje_pr._n._%C5%A1t." title="25. stoletje pr. n. št. – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="25. stoletje pr. n. št." data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/25._%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BA_%D0%BF._%D0%BD._%D0%B5." title="25. век п. н. е. – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="25. век п. н. е." data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/25._vijek_pne." title="25. vijek pne. – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="25. vijek pne." data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%81_25-%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%82%E0%AE%B1%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B1%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81" title="கிமு 25-ஆம் நூற்றாண்டு – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="கிமு 25-ஆம் நூற்றாண்டு" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/XXV_%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%8B%D1%80_(%D0%B1._%D1%8D._%D0%BA.)" title="XXV гасыр (б. э. к.) – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="XXV гасыр (б. э. к.)" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%96_25._y%C3%BCzy%C4%B1l" title="MÖ 25. yüzyıl – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="MÖ 25. yüzyıl" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/XXV_%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%82%D1%82%D1%8F_%D0%B4%D0%BE_%D0%BD._%D0%B5." title="XXV століття до н. е. – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="XXV століття до н. е." data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%DA%86%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%BA_%D8%B5%D8%AF%DB%8C_%D9%82%D8%A8%D9%84_%D9%85%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AD" title="پچیسویں صدی قبل مسیح – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="پچیسویں صدی قبل مسیح" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" 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class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/PyramidOfUserkaf.jpg/220px-PyramidOfUserkaf.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/PyramidOfUserkaf.jpg/330px-PyramidOfUserkaf.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/PyramidOfUserkaf.jpg/440px-PyramidOfUserkaf.jpg 2x" data-file-width="667" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption>The ruined <a href="/wiki/Pyramid_of_Userkaf" title="Pyramid of Userkaf">pyramid of Userkaf</a> at <a href="/wiki/Saqqara" title="Saqqara">Saqqara</a>. He was the founder of the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b>c. 2900–2334 BC</b>: <a href="/wiki/Mesopotamia" title="Mesopotamia">Mesopotamian</a> wars of the <a href="/wiki/Early_Dynastic_Period_(Mesopotamia)" title="Early Dynastic Period (Mesopotamia)">Early Dynastic period</a>.</li> <li><b>c. 2500 BC</b>: <a href="/wiki/Rice" title="Rice">Rice</a> was first introduced to <a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a></li> <li><b>c. 2500 BC</b>: <a href="/wiki/Scribe" title="Scribe">Scribal</a> schools flourish throughout <a href="/wiki/Sumer" title="Sumer">Sumer</a>.</li> <li><b>c. 2500 BC</b>: <a href="/wiki/Assyria" title="Assyria">Assyria</a> is established.</li> <li><b>c. 2500 BC</b>: Cylinder seal from <a href="/wiki/Sumer" title="Sumer">Sumer</a> and its impression are made. It is now in the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art" title="Metropolitan Museum of Art">Metropolitan Museum of Art</a>, New York.</li> <li><b>c. 2500 BC</b>: Excavation and development of the <a href="/wiki/Hypogeum_of_%C4%A6al-Saflieni" class="mw-redirect" title="Hypogeum of Ħal-Saflieni">Hypogeum of Ħal-Saflieni</a> at <a href="/wiki/Paola,_Malta" title="Paola, Malta">Paola, Malta</a>, a subterranean temple complex subsequently used as a <a href="/wiki/Necropolis" title="Necropolis">necropolis</a>.</li> <li><b>c. 2500 BC</b>: The <a href="/wiki/Pyramid_of_Khafre" title="Pyramid of Khafre">Pyramid of Khafre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Giza" title="Giza">Giza</a>, is built.</li> <li><b>c. 2500 BC</b>: The sculpture <a href="/wiki/Khafre_Enthroned" title="Khafre Enthroned">Khafre Enthroned</a> is made.</li> <li><b>c. 2500 BC</b>: People in <a href="/wiki/Peru" title="Peru">Peru</a> rely on fish and mussels for food.</li> <li><b>c. 2500 BC</b>: Evidence of long-distance trade routes in <a href="/wiki/South_America" title="South America">South America</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>c. 2500 BC</b>: <a href="/wiki/Skara_Brae" title="Skara Brae">Skara Brae</a> is abandoned after approximately 600 years of occupation.</li> <li><b>c. 2500–2250 BC</b>: <a href="/wiki/Ebla_tablets" title="Ebla tablets">Ebla tablets</a> are collected in the ancient city of <a href="/wiki/Ebla" title="Ebla">Ebla</a>, <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a>. Discovered by <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italian</a> archaeologist <a href="/wiki/Paolo_Matthiae" title="Paolo Matthiae">Paolo Matthiae</a> and his team in 1974–75, is considered to be the first, if not the oldest, inactive library being the <a href="/wiki/Saint_Catherine%27s_Monastery#Manuscripts_and_icons" title="Saint Catherine's Monastery">St. Catherine's Monastery Library</a> (<a href="/wiki/565" title="565">565</a>) the oldest active one.</li> <li><b>c. 2500–2000 BC</b>: <a href="/wiki/Mohenjo-daro" title="Mohenjo-daro">Mohenjo-daro</a> is about 7 square miles (18 km<sup>2</sup>) in size and has a population of c. 20,000 to 50,000.</li> <li><b>c. 2494–2345 BC</b>: "Sculptors at work", relief from <a href="/wiki/Saqqara" title="Saqqara">Saqqara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fifth_Dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Fifth Dynasty">Fifth Dynasty</a>. It is now at <a href="/wiki/Egyptian_Museum" title="Egyptian Museum">Egyptian Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cairo" title="Cairo">Cairo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a>.</li> <li><b>c. 2494–2345 BC</b>: <i><a href="/wiki/The_Seated_Scribe" title="The Seated Scribe">The Seated Scribe</a></i>, a sculpture found at <a href="/wiki/Saqqara" title="Saqqara">Saqqara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fifth_Dynasty_of_Egypt" title="Fifth Dynasty of Egypt">Fifth Dynasty of Egypt</a> is made. It is now in <a href="/wiki/Mus%C3%A9e_du_Louvre" class="mw-redirect" title="Musée du Louvre">Musée du Louvre</a>, Paris.</li> <li><b>2492 BC</b>: Traditional date for the legendary foundation of <a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a> by <a href="/wiki/Hayk" title="Hayk">Hayk</a>.</li> <li><b>c. 2450 BC</b>: End of the Early Dynastic IIIa Period and beginning of the Early Dynastic IIIb Period in <a href="/wiki/Sumer" title="Sumer">Sumer</a>.</li> <li><b>c. 2450 BC</b>: <a href="/wiki/Kish_(Sumer)" title="Kish (Sumer)">Kish</a> is lost to <a href="/wiki/Hamazi" title="Hamazi">Hamazi</a> tribesmen of the <a href="/wiki/Kurdistan" title="Kurdistan">Kurdistan</a> mountains; <a href="/wiki/Elam" title="Elam">Elam</a> under the <a href="/wiki/Awan_dynasty" title="Awan dynasty">Awan dynasty</a> occupies parts of Sumer. (Roux 1980)</li> <li><b>c. 2410 BC</b>: By this time, kings in <a href="/wiki/Sumer" title="Sumer">Sumer</a> have ceased to be automatically high priests of the <a href="/wiki/Sumerian_religion" title="Sumerian religion">city deity</a>. (Roux 1980) Infiltration and conquest of <a href="/wiki/Mesopotamia" title="Mesopotamia">Mesopotamia</a> by <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Semitic-speaking_peoples" title="Ancient Semitic-speaking peoples">ancient Semitic-speaking peoples</a> begins. (1968 RD Almanac)</li> <li><b>c. 2400–2200 BC</b>: Construction of <a href="/wiki/Stonehenge" title="Stonehenge">Stonehenge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Megalithic_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Megalithic culture">Megalithic culture</a> begins to spread through Europe and the western Mediterranean. (1968 RD Almanac)</li> <li>Earliest signs of <a href="/wiki/Corded_Ware_culture" title="Corded Ware culture">Corded Ware culture</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Caucasus" title="Caucasus">Caucasus</a>. (Encyc. Americana)</li> <li>Southeastern <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a> is settled from the Mediterranean, by people using <a href="/wiki/Prehistoric_Egypt" title="Prehistoric Egypt">Prehistoric Egyptian</a>-style pottery. (Encyc. Americana)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amorites" title="Amorites">Amorites</a> and <a href="/wiki/Canaanites" class="mw-redirect" title="Canaanites">Canaanites</a> occupy <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon">Lebanon</a>. (Encyc. Americana)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Inventions,_discoveries,_introductions"><span id="Inventions.2C_discoveries.2C_introductions"></span>Inventions, discoveries, introductions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=25th_century_BC&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Inventions, discoveries, introductions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Indus_Valley_civilisation" class="mw-redirect" title="Indus Valley civilisation">Indus Valley civilisation</a>, at its peak, covered an area of around 480,000 km<sup>2</sup> (185,000 sq mi), an area just over half the size of present-day Pakistan. Its heartland lay in the <a href="/wiki/Indus_River" title="Indus River">Indus River</a> in <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>, but settlements spread as far as the Makran coast, <a href="/wiki/Balochistan" title="Balochistan">Balochistan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>, eastern <a href="/wiki/Punjab_(region)" class="mw-redirect" title="Punjab (region)">Punjab</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kutch_district" title="Kutch district">Kutch</a> and <a href="/wiki/Saurashtra_(region)" title="Saurashtra (region)">Saurashtra</a>. They included cities like <a href="/wiki/Harappa" title="Harappa">Harappa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mohenjo-daro" title="Mohenjo-daro">Mohenjo-daro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kalibangan" title="Kalibangan">Kalibangan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dholavira" title="Dholavira">Dholavira</a>, ports like <a href="/wiki/Lothal" title="Lothal">Lothal</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sutkagen-dor&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sutkagen-dor (page does not exist)">Sutkagen-dor</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sokhta_Koh" title="Sokhta Koh">Sokhta Koh</a> and numerous villages as well. They used irrigation to farm and constructed cities. The two main cities had sewage systems, bronze, trade tokens (early coins), and hieroglyphs. 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Americana)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sumer" title="Sumer">Sumerians</a> use domestic <a href="/wiki/Donkey" title="Donkey">donkeys</a> on war <a href="/wiki/Chariot" title="Chariot">chariots</a> (Standard of Ur), not <a href="/wiki/Onager" title="Onager">onagers</a> as early interpreters claimed. (Clutton-Brock)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture" title="Agriculture">Agriculture</a> at <a href="/wiki/Huaca_Prieta" title="Huaca Prieta">Huaca Prieta</a> includes <a href="/wiki/Cotton" title="Cotton">cotton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Calabash" title="Calabash">calabashes</a>. 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