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The 2nd millennium BC spanned the years 2000 BC to 1001 BC. In the Ancient Near East, it marks the transition from the Middle to the Late Bronze Age. The Ancient Near Eastern cultures are well within the historical era: The first half of the millennium is dominated by the Middle Kingdom of Egypt and Babylonia. The alphabet develops.
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2nd millennium BC in the Maya civilization (1 C, 1 P) Metal Ages (2 C, 1 P) Middle Babylonian period (5 C, 1 P) Mycenaean Greece (10 C, 38 P) N.
The span of recorded history is roughly five thousand years, beginning with the earliest linguistic records in the third millennium BC in Mesopotamia and Egypt. Classical antiquity – Broad term for a long period of cultural history centered on the Mediterranean Sea, comprising the interlocking civilizations of ancient Greece and ancient Rome ...
For this reason, the end date of the 2nd millennium is usually calculated based on the Gregorian calendar, while the beginning date is based on the Julian calendar (or occasionally the proleptic Gregorian calendar). In the late 1990s, there was a dispute as to whether the millennium should be taken to end on December 31, 1999, or December 31, 2000.
Sometimes the second year number may be shortened to two digits 149/48 BC or to one digit 149/8 BC. Converters should recognise such patterns and correctly identify the second year even if it is truncated. Converters should also recognise patterns like 149/48 - 139/38 BC. Year list
1953 BC: Senusret I launches a military campaign against Lower Nubia and conquers the region down to the Second Cataract. February 27, 1953 BC: A very close alignment of the naked-eye planets took place in which these planets are together in a span of 4.3 degrees.
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