2500 Bc facts
While investigating facts about 2500 Bc, I found out little known, but curios details like:
According to the book of Mormon, Jews travelled to the New World in 2500 BC with a bunch of livestock in a freely rotating wooden submarine with a pluggable hole in the top and bottom to let in air to breathe.
Ancient Egyptians are known to have explored the Red Sea while trying to create a trade route to Punt, as far back as 2500 BC.
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 9 of the best facts about 2500 Bc I managed to collect.
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The commercial brewing of beer has taken place since at least 2500 BC and in ancient Mesopotamia, brewers derived social sanction and divine protection from the goddess Ninkasi.
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The Assyrians it the oldest civilizations in the world, dating at 2500 BC, making them one of the oldest and longest surviving ethnic and cultural groups.
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The site of Caral in northern Peru contains the remains of two ceremonial pyramids that may be around the same age as the Great Pyramids of Giza (ca. 2500 BC).
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The population of the Earth was only around 20 million when the Great Pyramids of Giza were built (circa 2500 BC.)
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Chinese tombs yield the earliest evidence of cannabis use for its psychoactive properties. Cannabis was cultivated in East Asia for their seeds and fibre from at least 4000 BC. This study suggests weed was being smoked at least 2500 years ago and was identified in wooden burners from burials.
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The wheel was invented just 3500 BC (for perspective, Giza's pyramid was buil in 2500 bC)
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On Intl Cat Day, Phoenicians brought domesticated cats to Europe around 900 BC, but the first ones were in ancient Egypt (2500 BC). Cats have 244 bones (nearly 40 more than humans). And, their 30 teeth are the most specialized teeth among carnivores. Cats can't chew; their food is cut and torn.
