2465 BC

( 26th century BC - 25th century BC - 24th century BC - othercenturies )

( 4th millennium BC - 3rd millennium BC - 2ndmillennium BC )

Events

• 2900 - 2334 BC -- Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period
• 2494 BC -- End of Fourth Dynasty , start of Fifth Dynasty
• 2450 BC - End of the Early Dynastic IIIa Period and beginning of the Early Dynastic IIIb Period in Mesopotamia.

Significant persons

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

• Harappan civilisation , at its peak, coveredan area of around 480,000 km² . Its heartland lay in the Hakra river valley in Pakistan , but settlements spread as far as the Makran coast, Baluchistan , Afghanistan , eastern Punjab , Kutch and Saurashtra . They included cities like Harappa , Mohenjo-daro , Kalibangan, Dholavira, ports like Lothal , Sutkagen-dor and Sotka-koh and numerous villages as well.