28th century BC

Millennium:	3rd millennium BC
Centuries:	29th century BC 28th century BC 27th century BC
Decades:	2790s BC 2780s BC 2770s BC 2760s BC 2750s BC 2740s BC 2730s BC 2720s BC 2710s BC 2700s BC
Categories:	Births – Deaths Establishments – Disestablishments

The 28th century BC is a century which lasted from the year 2800 BC to 2701 BC.

Events

Ancient painting of Nüwa and Fuxi. Fuxi is the legendary first ruler of China

c. 2800 BC – 2700 BC: Seated Harp Player, from Keros, Cyclades, is made. It is now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
2775 BC – 2650 BC: Second Dynasty wars in Ancient Egypt.
Around 2773 BC - the 365-day calendar is introduced in Egypt.
2750 BC: End of the Early Dynastic I Period, and the beginning of the Early Dynastic II Period in Mesopotamia.
c. 2750 BC: Estimated ending of the Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the region of modern-day Romania, Moldova, and southwestern Ukraine
2737 BC: Invention of tea as a beverage by Shennong, according to a Chinese legend.
c. 2715 BC: Start of the Old Kingdom of Egypt (another possible start date is 2660 BC).

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

According to Herodotus, somewhere around 2750 BC, the city of Tyre was founded.

Decades and years

28th century BC
30th century BC←29th century BC← ↔ →27th century BC→26th century BC

2809–2800 BC	2809 BC	2808 BC	2807 BC	2806 BC	2805 BC	2804 BC	2803 BC	2802 BC	2801 BC	2800 BC
2790s BC	2799 BC	2798 BC	2797 BC	2796 BC	2795 BC	2794 BC	2793 BC	2792 BC	2791 BC	2790 BC
2780s BC	2789 BC	2788 BC	2787 BC	2786 BC	2785 BC	2784 BC	2783 BC	2782 BC	2781 BC	2780 BC
2770s BC	2779 BC	2778 BC	2777 BC	2776 BC	2775 BC	2774 BC	2773 BC	2772 BC	2771 BC	2770 BC
2760s BC	2769 BC	2768 BC	2767 BC	2766 BC	2765 BC	2764 BC	2763 BC	2762 BC	2761 BC	2760 BC
2750s BC	2759 BC	2758 BC	2757 BC	2756 BC	2755 BC	2754 BC	2753 BC	2752 BC	2751 BC	2750 BC
2740s BC	2749 BC	2748 BC	2747 BC	2746 BC	2745 BC	2744 BC	2743 BC	2742 BC	2741 BC	2740 BC
2730s BC	2739 BC	2738 BC	2737 BC	2736 BC	2735 BC	2734 BC	2733 BC	2732 BC	2731 BC	2730 BC
2720s BC	2729 BC	2728 BC	2727 BC	2726 BC	2725 BC	2724 BC	2723 BC	2722 BC	2721 BC	2720 BC
2710s BC	2719 BC	2718 BC	2717 BC	2716 BC	2715 BC	2714 BC	2713 BC	2712 BC	2711 BC	2710 BC
2709–2700 BC	2709 BC	2708 BC	2707 BC	2706 BC	2705 BC	2704 BC	2703 BC	2702 BC	2701 BC	2700 BC
2690s BC	2699 BC	2698 BC	2697 BC	2696 BC	2695 BC	2694 BC	2693 BC	2692 BC	2691 BC	2690 BC

Centuries and millennia

Millennium	Century
BC (BCE)
4th	40th	39th	38th	37th	36th	35th	34th	33rd	32nd	31st
3rd	30th	29th	28th	27th	26th	25th	24th	23rd	22nd	21st
2nd	20th	19th	18th	17th	16th	15th	14th	13th	12th	11th
1st	10th	9th	8th	7th	6th	5th	4th	3rd	2nd	1st
AD (CE)
1st	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
2nd	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th
3rd	21st	22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	28th	29th	30th

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