20th century BC

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2000 BC – 1901 BC · 3 events

What happened around the world

Europe

c. 1995 BC Avellino eruption of Vesuvius — Bigger than Pompeii's blast, yet Bronze Age villagers escape
c. 1900 BC Palace of Knossos — Heart of the Minoans, Europe's first advanced civilization

Asia

c. 1920 BC Jishi Gorge outburst flood — A Yellow River megaflood that may lie behind China's flood myth

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