28th century BC

Millennium:	3rd millennium BC
Centuries:	29th century BC 28th century BC 27th century BC
Decades:	2790s BC 2780s BC 2770s BC 2760s BC 2750s BC 2740s BC 2730s BC 2720s BC 2710s BC 2700s BC
Categories:	Births – Deaths Establishments – Disestablishments

The 28th century BC is a century which lasted from the year 2800 BC to 2701 BC.

Events

c. 2800 BC – 2700 BC: Seated Harp Player, from Keros, Cyclades, is made. It is now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
2775 BC – 2650 BC: Second Dynasty wars in Ancient Egypt.
Around 2773 BC - the 365-day calendar is introduced in Egypt.
2750 BC: End of the Early Dynastic I Period, and the beginning of the Early Dynastic II Period in Mesopotamia.
c. 2750 BC: Estimated ending of the Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the region of modern-day Romania, Moldova, and southwestern Ukraine
2737 BC: Invention of tea as a beverage by Shennong, according to a Chinese legend.
c. 2715 BC: Start of the Old Kingdom of Egypt (another possible start date is 2660 BC).

28th century BC
30th century BC←29th century BC← ↔ →27th century BC→26th century BC

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