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Century · 2600 BCE – 2501 BCE

The world in the 26th century BCE

From 2600 BCE to 2501 BCE the atlas holds 21 states standing at some time, 2 of them founded in it - Meroë and Lagash the best known -. 1 wars, risings, treaties, discoveries and other events began - Umma–Lagash war the best known of the events; 7 people were born.

A century here is counted as Wikidata counts it, 2600 BCE to 2501 BCE, and holds every row that began in it, however coarsely dated.

What began in the 26th century BCE

By decade first - wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey - then by kind, the best known first.

2600 BCE: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other2600 BCE2590 BCE: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other2590 BCE2580 BCE: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other2580 BCE2570 BCE: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other2570 BCE2560 BCE: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other2560 BCE2550 BCE: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other2550 BCE2540 BCE: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other2540 BCE2530 BCE: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other2530 BCE2520 BCE: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other2520 BCE2510 BCE: 1 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other2510 BCE

Wars and battles 1

States founded and fallen

Founded 2

  • Meroë · state · 2501 – 1501 BCE
  • Lagash · state · 2501 – 2001 BCE

Born in the 26th century BCE

The best known first, by how many Wikipedias write about them.

States of the 26th century BCE

Every state that stood at some time in the 26th century BCE, by region, the best known first.

Europe: 1 statesEurope1Middle East and North Africa: 17 statesMiddle East and North Africa17South Asia: 1 statesSouth Asia1Americas and Oceania: 1 statesAmericas and Oceania1Location unknown: 1 statesLocation unknown1

Europe1 state

Middle East and North Africa17 states

and 5 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

South Asia1 state

Americas and Oceania1 state

Location unknown1 state

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 2601 BCE – 2501 BCE: every state, war and life of the 26th century BCE, region by region.
  • On the map in 2551 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.