19th century BC

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Millennium: 2nd millennium BC
Centuries:
Timelines:
  • 20th century BC
  • 19th century BC
  • 18th century BC
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Decades:
  • 1890s BC
  • 1880s BC
  • 1870s BC
  • 1860s BC
  • 1850s BC
  • 1840s BC
  • 1830s BC
  • 1820s BC
  • 1810s BC
  • 1800s BC
Categories: Births – Deaths
Establishments – Disestablishments

The 19th century BC was the century which lasted from 1900 BC to 1801 BC.

Events[]

Pyramid of Senusret II at El-Lahun. He was a Twelfth Dynasty Pharaoh
  • 1900 BC: Transition from Early Helladic III to Middle Helladic culture in Greece.[1][2]
  • c. 1900 BC: Minoan Old Palace (Protopalatial) period starts in Crete.
  • c. 1900 BC: Fall of last Sumerian dynasty.
  • c. 1900 BC: Late Harappan Phase of the Indus Valley Civilization begins
  • c. 1900 BC: The Mokaya along the Pacific coast of present-day Chiapas, Mexico were preparing cacao beverages.[3]
  • c. 1900 BC: Port of Lothal is abandoned.
  • Hittite empire in Hattusa, Anatolia.
  • c. 1897 BC: Senwosret II (Twelfth Dynasty) started to rule. He built Kahun near his pyramide tomb complex at el-Lahun.
  • c. 1895 BC–1878 BC: "Pectoral of Senwosret II", from the tomb of princess Sithathoryunet at el-Lahun was made. Twelfth Dynasty. It is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
  • c. 1880 BC: Pharaoh Senwosret II starts to rule (other date is 1897 BC).
  • 1878 BC: Senwosret II (Twelfth Dynasty) died.
  • c. 1878 BC: Senwosret III (Twelfth Dynasty) started to rule.
  • c. 1874 BC: Pharaoh Senwosret II dies (other date is 1878 BC).
  • c. 1874 BC: Pharaoh Senwosret III starts to rule (other date is 1878 BC).
  • c. 1860 BC: Senusret III inspects the Nubian frontier, he leads four punitive campaigns against the Nubians.
  • c. 1860 BC: Amenemhat III starts to rule
  • c. 1855 BC: Pharaoh Senwosret III dies (other date is 1839 BC).
  • c. 1839 BC: Senwosret III (Twelfth Dynasty) died.
  • 1836 BC-1818 BC: Head of Senusret III is made. Twelfth dynasty of Egypt. It is now kept at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri.

Sovereign states[]

Main article: List of sovereign states in the 19th century BC

References[]

  1. ^ "The Bronze Age on the Greek Mainland: Early Bronze Age — Early Helladic III". Athens: Foundation of the Hellenic World. 1999–2000.
  2. ^ "The Bronze Age on the Greek Mainland: Middle Bronze Age — Introduction". Athens: Foundation of the Hellenic World. 1999–2000.
  3. ^ Terry G. Powis; W. Jeffrey Hurst; María del Carmen Rodríguez; Ponciano Ortíz C.; Michael Blake; David Cheetham; Michael D. Coe & John G. Hodgson (December 2007). "Oldest Chocolate in the New World". Antiquity. 81 (314). ISSN 0003-598X.
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