c. 2300 BC: Canal
Bahr Yusuf (current name) is created when the waterway from the
Nile to the natural lake (now
Lake Moeris) is widened and deepened to create a canal.
c. 2215 BC: A
Guti army swept down from the
Zagros Mountains and defeated the demoralized
Akkadian army. They took
Agade, the capital of
Akkad, and destroyed it thoroughly.
c. July 2215 BC:
Comet Hale-Bopp visits the inner solar system and would not return until the year AD 1997.
c. 2300 BC: Canal
Bahr Yusuf (current name) is created when the waterway from the
Nile to the natural lake (now
Lake Moeris) is widened and deepened to create a canal.
c. 2215 BC: A
Guti army swept down from the
Zagros Mountains and defeated the demoralized
Akkadian army. They took
Agade, the capital of
Akkad, and destroyed it thoroughly.
c. July 2215 BC:
Comet Hale-Bopp visits the inner solar system and would not return until the year AD 1997.