12th century BC

Millennium:	2nd millennium BC
Centuries:	13th century BC · 12th century BC · 11th century BC
Decades:	1190s BC 1180s BC 1170s BC 1160s BC 1150s BC 1140s BC 1130s BC 1120s BC 1110s BC 1100s BC
Categories:	Births – Deaths Establishments – Disestablishments

Overview

The 12th century BC is the period from 1200 to 1101 BC.

Events

Walls of the excavated city of Troy, supposed center of the legendary Trojan War

• 1197 BC — The beginning of first period (1197 BC — 982 BC) by Sau Yung's concept of the I Ching and history.
• 1194 BC — The beginning of the legendary Trojan War.
• 1192 BC — Wu Ding emperor of Shang Dynasty died.
• 1191 BC — Menestheus, legendary King of Athens, dies during the Trojan War after a reign of 23 years and is succeeded by his nephew Demophon, a son of Theseus. Other accounts place his death a decade later and shortly after the Trojan War (see 1180s BC).
• 1186 BC — End of the Nineteenth dynasty of Egypt, start of the Twentieth Dynasty.
• 1184 BC, April 24 — Traditional date for the fall of Troy, Asia Minor to the Mycenaeans and their allies. This marks the end of the Trojan War of Greek mythology.
• 1181 BC — Menestheus, legendary King of Athens and veteran of the Trojan War, dies after a reign of 23 years and is succeeded by his nephew Demophon, a son of Theseus. Other accounts place his death a decade earlier and during the Trojan War (see 1190s BC).
• 1180 BC — The last Kassite king, Anllil-nadin-akhe, is defeated by the Elamites
• April 16, 1178 BC — A solar eclipse may mark the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom after the Trojan War. He discovers a number of suitors competing to marry his wife Penelope, whom they believe to be a widow, in order to succeed him on the throne. He organizes their slaying and re-establishes himself on the throne.
• 1160 BC — Death of Pharaoh Ramesses V, from smallpox.
• 1159 BC — Global "tree ring event" (period of arrested tree growth) lasting for 18 years.
• 1154 BC — Death of King Menelaus of Sparta (estimated date).
• 1154 BC — Suicide of exiled Queen Helen of Sparta at Rhodes. (estimated date).
• c. 1150 BC — End of Egyptian rule in Palestine. Rameses VI last Pharaoh acknowledged.
• 1147 BC — Demophon, legendary King of Athens and veteran of the Trojan War, dies after a reign of 33 years and is succeeded by his son Oxyntes.
• 1137 BC — Ramses VII begins his reign as the sixth ruler of the Twentieth dynasty of Egypt.
• 1135 BC — Oxyntes, legendary King of Athens, dies after a reign of 12 years and is succeeded by his elder son Apheidas.
• 1134 BC — Apheidas, legendary King of Athens, is assassinated and succeeded by his younger brother Thymoetes after a reign of 1 year.
• 1126 BC — Thymoetes, legendary King of Athens, dies childless after a reign of 8 years. He is succeeded by his designated heir Melanthus of Pylos, a fifth-generation descendant of Neleus who had reportedly assisted him in battle against the Boeotians.
• 1122 BC — Legendary founding date of the city of Pyongyang.
• c. 1120 BC — destruction of Troy VIIb₁
• 1115 BC — Zhou cheng wang becomes king of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
• 1115 BC — Tiglath-Pileser I becomes king of Assyria.
• 1100 BC — Tiglath-Pileser I of Assyria conquers the Hittites.
• c. 1100 BC — The Dorians supposedly invade Greece.
• c. 1100 BC — Beginning of the proto-Villanovan culture in northern Italy.
• c. 1100 BC — Mycenaean civilization ends. Start of Greek Archaic Period.
• c. 1100 BC — The New Kingdom in Egypt comes to an end.

• Elamite invaders loot art treasures from Mesopotamia and carry them in Susa.

Significant persons

• Amenemses, Pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt (1202 BC–1199 BC)
• 1180 BC — Birth of Ramesses III of Egypt
• 1153 BC — Death of pharaoh Ramesses III of Egypt
• 1146 BC — Nebuchadnezzar I becomes king of Babylon
• 1116 BC — Death of King Wu of Zhou, King of the Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC–256 BC) of China

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

• 1100s BC — Alphabet developed by Phoenicians.

Decades and years

[[::Decades|Decades]] and [[::Years|Years]]

12th century BC

[[::14th century BC|14th century BC]] ←[[::13th century BC|13th century BC]] ← ↔ →[[::11th century BC|11th century BC]]→[[::10th century BC|10th century BC]]

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[[::Centuries|Centuries]] and [[::Millennia|Millennia]]

Millennium	Century
Before Christ / Before Common Era (BC/BCE)
[[::4th millennium BC|4th]]:	[[::40th century BC|40th]]	[[::39th century BC|39th]]	[[::38th century BC|38th]]	[[::37th century BC|37th]]	[[::36th century BC|36th]]	[[::35th century BC|35th]]	[[::34th century BC|34th]]	[[::33rd century BC|33rd]]	[[::32nd century BC|32nd]]	[[::31st century BC|31st]]
[[::3rd millennium BC|3rd]]:	[[::30th century BC|30th]]	[[::29th century BC|29th]]	[[::28th century BC|28th]]	[[::27th century BC|27th]]	[[::26th century BC|26th]]	[[::25th century BC|25th]]	[[::24th century BC|24th]]	[[::23rd century BC|23rd]]	[[::22nd century BC|22nd]]	[[::21st century BC|21st]]
[[::2nd millennium BC|2nd]]:	[[::20th century BC|20th]]	[[::19th century BC|19th]]	[[::18th century BC|18th]]	[[::17th century BC|17th]]	[[::16th century BC|16th]]	[[::15th century BC|15th]]	[[::14th century BC|14th]]	[[::13th century BC|13th]]	[[::12th century BC|12th]]	[[::11th century BC|11th]]
[[::1st millennium BC|1st]]:	[[::10th century BC|10th]]	[[::9th century BC|9th]]	[[::8th century BC|8th]]	[[::7th century BC|7th]]	[[::6th century BC|6th]]	[[::5th century BC|5th]]	[[::4th century BC|4th]]	[[::3rd century BC|3rd]]	[[::2nd century BC|2nd]]	[[::1st century BC|1st]]
Anno Domini / Common Era (AD/CE)
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[[::2nd millennium|2nd]]:	[[::11th century|11th]]	[[::12th century|12th]]	[[::13th century|13th]]	[[::14th century|14th]]	[[::15th century|15th]]	[[::16th century|16th]]	[[::17th century|17th]]	[[::18th century|18th]]	[[::19th century|19th]]	[[::20th century|20th]]
[[::3rd millennium|3rd]]:	[[::21st century|21st]]	[[::22nd century|22nd]]	[[::23rd century|23rd]]	[[::24th century|24th]]	[[::25th century|25th]]	[[::26th century|26th]]	[[::27th century|27th]]	[[::28th century|28th]]	[[::29th century|29th]]	[[::30th century|30th]]
[[::4th millennium|4th]]:	[[::31st century|31st]]