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{{Short description|One hundred years, from 2800 BC to 2701 BC}}
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The '''28th century BC''' was a [[century]] that lasted from the year 2800 BC to 2701 BC.

==Events==
*c. [[2800 BC]] – [[2700 BC]]: Seated Harp Player, from [[Keros]], [[Cyclades]], is made. It is now at the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], [[New York City|New York]].
*2775 BC – [[2650 BC]]: Second Dynasty wars in [[Ancient Egypt]].
* c. 2750 BC: Estimated ending of the [[Cucuteni-Trypillian culture]] in the region of modern-day [[Romania]], [[Moldova]], and southwestern [[Ukraine]].

==Inventions, discoveries, introductions==
* [[Tyre, Lebanon|Tyre]] is founded in 2750 BC (according to [[Herodotus]]).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_History_of_Herodotus_(Rawlinson)/Book_2 | title=The History of Herodotus (Rawlinson)/Book 2 - Wikisource, the free online library }}</ref>

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