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)