page_title: 24th century BC
section_title: Events
hierarchical_section_title: 24th century BC / Events
caption_attribution_description: English: Letter sent by the high-priest Lu’enna to the king of Lagash (maybe Urukagina), informing him of his son's death in combat. w:Clay tablet, c. 2400 BC, found in Telloh (ancient Girsu). Français&#160;: Lettre du grand-prêtre Lu’enna au roi de Lagash (peut-être Urukagina) l'informant de la mort de son fils au combat. Terre cuite, v. 2400 av. J.-C., trouvé à Tello (ancienne Girsu).
context_page_description: The 24th century BC was a century which lasted from the year 2400 BC to 2301 BC.
context_section_description: c. 2900 BC–2334 BC: Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period continue.
  c. 2400 BC–2000 BC: large painted jar with birds in the border made in the Indus River Valley civilization and is now at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  2400 BC–There is archaeological evidence that the site of Assur was occupied at around this time.
  c. 2360 BC: Hekla-4 eruption.
  c. 2359 BC: The 2350 BC Middle East Anomaly (apparent comet or asteroid impact) happened.
  c. 2350 BC: End of the Early Dynastic III period in Mesopotamia.
  c. 2350 BC: First destruction of the city of Mari.
  c. 2345 BC: End of Fifth Dynasty. Pharaoh Unas died.
  c. 2345 BC: Sixth Dynasty of Egypt starts (other date is 2460 BC).
  c. 2340 BC–2180 BC: Akkadian Empire.
  c. 2334 BC–2279 BC: Semitic chieftain Sargon of Akkad's conquest of Sumer and Mesopotamia.
  2333 BC: Dangun establishes Gojoseon, the first Korean kingdom, according to Korean mythology.
caption: Letter in Sumerian cuneiform, c. 2400 BC, found in Girsu.
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