The 25th century BC comprises the years from 2500 BC to 2401 BC. The ruined pyramid of Userkaf at Saqqara. He was the founder of the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt. c. 2900–2334 BC: Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period. c. 2500 BC: Scribal schools flourish throughout Sumer. c. 2500 BC: Assyria is established.

See a map of World in 2500 BCE, at the time of Ancient Egypt, Ancient Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley Civilization.

2500 BC: The last mammoth population, on Wrangel Island in Siberia, goes extinct. Late 24th century BC: Akkadian Empire is founded, dating depends upon whether the Middle chronology or the Short chronology is used.

2,500 B.C. First written legal codes. 2,400 B.C. The construction of Stonehenge in England starts. 1,792 B.C. Hammurabi begins his rule as king. 1,766 B.C. Beginning of the Shang dynasty in the Lower Yellow River Valley (China). 1,570 B.C. Beginning of the New Kingdom of Egypt. 1531 B.C. The Hittites conquer Babylon.

The Bronze Age began in the Ancient Near East roughly between 3000 BC and 2500 BC. The previous millennium had seen the emergence of advanced, urbanized civilizations, new bronze metallurgy extending the productivity of agricultural work, and highly developed ways of communication in the form of writing .

See a map of the Middle East in 2500 BCE, when the civilizations of Sumeria and Ancient Egypt are flourishing and the Bronze Age has arrived.

2600 BC: Oldest known surviving literature: Sumerian texts from Abu Salabikh, including the Instructions of Shuruppak and the Kesh temple hymn. 2560 BC: King Khufu completes the Great Pyramid of Giza. 2500 BC: The mammoth goes extinct.

The 25th century BC is a century which lasted from the year 2500 BCE to 2401 BCE. The ruined pyramid of Userkaf at Saqqara. He was the founder of the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt. c. 2900 BCE – 2334 BCE: Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period. c. 2500 BCE: Scribal schools do well throughout Sumer.

Read about the history of Ancient Europe from 3500 BCE to 2500 BCE, a time when Indo-European peoples from the steppes were migrating into Europe.

Map of Mesopotamia (around 2500 BC) That is the Mediterranean Sea on the left and the Arabian desert on the bottom. The Persian Gulf would be down off the right corner and the Red Sea, down off the left.