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| c. 2000 BC |
| | | Administrative records and accounts at Knossos are kept in a script, as yet undeciphered, known as Linear A | |
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| c. 2000 BC |
| | | The Beaker people arrive in Britain, bringing several desirable commodities - including horses, alcohol and bronze | |
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| c. 1850 BC |
| | | Wrestlers are painted on the walls of an Egyptian tomb, performing most of the holds and falls still in use today | |
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| c. 1830 BC |
| | | Babylon is a tiny region, about 50 miles across, when Amorites establish there the first Babylonian dynasty | |
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| c. 1800 BC |
| | | Abraham leaves Ur and moves with his tribe and flocks towards Canaan | |
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| c. 1800 BC |
| | | In Mesopotamia the new weapon is a light chariot, drawn by two horses | |
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| c. 1750 BC |
| | | Shamshi-Adad I conquers Ashur and the surrounding areas, beginning Assyria's first brief period as a regional power | |
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| c. 1750 BC |
| | | A mathematical papyrus, copied out by Ahmes, an Egyptian scribe, offers some of the world's first exam questions | |
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| c. 1750 BC |
| | | Babylonian astronomers name many of the constellations and identify the planets | |
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| c. 1750 BC |
| | | Zimri-Lim builds himself a spectacular palace with some 300 rooms in his capital city of Mari in northern Mesopotamia | |
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