Century · 2500 BCE – 2401 BCE
The world in the 25th century BCE
From 2500 BCE to 2401 BCE the atlas holds 25 states standing at some time, 4 of them founded in it - Phoenicia and Fifth Dynasty of Egypt the best known - and 1 ending in it. 2 people were born.
A century here is counted as Wikidata counts it, 2500 BCE to 2401 BCE, and holds every row that began in it, however coarsely dated.
States founded and fallen
Founded 4
- Phoenicia · state · 2500 – 64 BCE
- Fifth Dynasty of Egypt · state · 2498 – 2345 BCE
- Land of Punt · state · 2401 – 1069 BCE
- Abarsal · state · 2420 – 2001 BCE
Ended 1
- Fourth Dynasty of Egypt · state · 2613 – 2498 BCE
Born in the 25th century BCE
The best known first, by how many Wikipedias write about them.
- Pepi I Meryre · ruler · 2401 – 2250 BCE
- Neferefre · statesperson · 2480 – 2455 BCE
States of the 25th century BCE
Every state that stood at some time in the 25th century BCE, by region, the best known first.
Europe1 state
- Minoan civilization · 3300 – 1100 BCE
Middle East and North Africa20 states
- Ancient Egypt · 4001 – 30 BCE
- Sumer · 5501 – 1901 BCE
- Troy · 3000 BCE – 500 CE
- Phoenicia · 2500 – 64 BCE
- Elam · 2700 – 539 BCE
- Old Kingdom of Egypt · 2707 – 2216 BCE
- Meroë · 2501 – 1501 BCE
- Ugarit · 6001 – 1191 BCE
- Lagash · 2501 – 2001 BCE
- Mari · 2901 – 1759 BCE
- Ebla · 3000 – 2240 BCE
- Fifth Dynasty of Egypt · 2498 – 2345 BCE
and 8 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.
Sub-Saharan Africa1 state
- Land of Punt · 2401 – 1069 BCE
South Asia1 state
- Indus Valley Civilisation · 3000 – 1800 BCE
Americas and Oceania1 state
- Zapotec civilization · 6701 BCE – 1201 CE
Location unknown1 state
- Awan dynasty · 2700 – 2150 BCE
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 2501 BCE – 2401 BCE: every state, war and life of the 25th century BCE, region by region.
- On the map in 2451 BCE: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.
Wikidata (CC0) · data built 2026-10-07 · Pastlas v2.13.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.