2800 B.C.E.
* Thuban (dragon) 10' from celestial North
* First verified date in Egypt's 365-day civil calendar (Th. 19 July 2776)
* Sumerian dynastic rule begins in Ur, lasting six centuries (2750)
* King of Ur has temples built to worship Elamite gods
* The name Sataran (serpent goddess) is given to Sarpanit, step-daughter
of Ea who is called a "serpent god" not unlike Serpens Aesculapii
* Sumerians invent the counting board--using a base 60 number system that
is still used in India for subdividing the sidereal year--consisting of
a wooden board with beads sliding in grooves
* Pharaos are worshipped as gods; but Imhotep becomes the exception that
proves the ruler after being adopted as the son of Ptah, so deifying him
as the god of medicine & learning
* The mother of the Yellow Emperor sees great lightning circle around the
star of Bei-Dou (Dubhe in Ursa Major), & then becomes pregnant with him
* Chinese feudalism established by the Yellow Emperor who devises a lunar
calendar, whose wife, Lui Joh, discovers how to make silk, and whose
prime minister, Tajao, groups stars into constellations (2637)
[Chinese folklore]
2600 B.C.E.
* Chi-Po asserts that the earth floats in space
[Huang Ti-ping King su Wen.]
* Emperor Huang-ti, a son of Japheth, discovers that the Pole Star (alpha
Draconis) can be used for navigation
* Fourth dynasty pharao Cheops expropriates a cartouche found inside
of the Great Pyramid, for himself, and thereby the Pyramid as well
* Domestication of the Bactrian camel--vital for high-elevation travel
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* Egyptians are 1st (Westerners) to assert that the soul of man is immortal,
and that: when the body perishes, it constantly resprings into existence
entering animal after animal; after passing through the different kinds
of terrestrial, marine and aerial beings, it again enters into the body
of a man that is born; this revolution is made in 3000 years
[Herodotus]
* Mummification & belief in reincarnation spread to Egyptian populace in
fifth dynasty; priests of Amun-Ra become more prominent than Pharao
2400 B.C.E.
* Sargon the Great founds first Western empire & Akkadian dynasty
* Sargon's grandson, Naram-Sin, expands Akkadian empire to its greatest
extent, and invents for himself the title "King of the Four Quarters of
the World/Heavens" as well as taking the title "God of Akkad" to become
the first Mesopotamian king known to have claimed divinity for himself
* Yao, a descendent of the Yellow Emperor, "perfects" a lunar calendar
for which there is a mention of the use of leap months during his reign;
breaks with precedent by choosing the most competent government minister,
Shun, rather than the most qualified noble, as successor; Shun struggles
against catastrophic flooding; chooses Yu to replace a minister trying to
build levies that were self-defeating by raising river levels; Yu is so
successful in channeling water away via ditches & canals that he becomes
Shun's successor, and thereby the first emperor of a dynasty basing
itself on a cult of mystical sovereigns exercising sacred kingship (~2205)
[Chinese folklore: Confucius, Book of History.]
2200 B.C.E.
* Yu the Great's son Jing becomes the first son to succeed his father as
Emperor, so formalising China's first dynasty (~2197)
* Chinese astronomers Hi & Ho beheaded by Emperor Chong Kang for being too
drunk to organise the traditional ritual against the dragon said to be
devouring the sun during a total eclipse (2159)
