What is 23rd century BC?
{{Centurybox|-23}} The '''23rd century BC''' is a [[century]] which was from the year 2300 BC to 2201 BC. ==Events== [[Image:PepiIIPyramid.jpg|thumb|250px|Ruins of the pyramid complex of Pepi II, the longest reigning monarch in recorded history]] <!-- Note that per WP:DATE, years before 1700 BC should link to the relevant century. Thus wikifying any of these years will redirect to this page. Only wikify links to other centuries. --> *[[24th century BC|2334 BC]] – 2279 BC: ([[short chronology]]) [[Sargon of Akkad]]'s conquest of [[Mesopotamia]]. * 2333 BC: Beginning of the [[Gojoseon]], the [[First Dynasty of Egypt|first dynasty]] and government system in [[Korea]]. *c. 2300 BC: [[Bronze Age]] starts. *c. 2300 BC – [[2184 BC]]: Disk of [[Enheduanna]], from [[Ur]], (modern [[Muqaiyir]], [[Iraq]]) is made. It is now in [[University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology]], [[University of Pennsylvania]], [[Philadelphia]]. *c. 2300 BC – 2200 BC: Head of a man from [[Nineveh]] (modern [[Kuyunjik]], [[Iraq]]) is made. It is now in [[Iraq Museum]], [[Baghdad]]. *c. 2300 BC: Canal [[Bahr Yusuf]] (current name) is made when the waterway from the [[Nile]] to the natural lake (now [[Lake Moeris]]) is widened and deepened to create a canal. *c. 2288 BC – 2224/2194 BC: Pepy II and his mother, Queen [[Merye-ankhnes]], [[Sixth dynasty of Egypt]], is made. It is now at The [[Brooklyn Museum of Art]], [[New York City]]. *c. 2285 BC: [[Enheduanna]], high priestess of the moon god [[Nanna]] in [[Ur]], was born. *c. 2278 BC: [[Pharaoh]] [[Pepi II]] starts to rule (other date is 2383 BC). *c. 2254 BC – 2218 BC: Stela of [[Naram-Sin]], probably from [[Sippar]], discovered in [[Susa]] (modern [[Shush]], [[Iran]]), is made. It is now in [[Musée du Louvre]], [[Paris]]. *c. 2250 BC Earliest proof of growing [[maize]] in [[Central America]]. *c. 2240 BC: [[Akkad]], capital of the [[Akkadian Empire]], becomes the largest city in the world<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa011201a.htm|title=Lar