19th century BC
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Centuries: | 20th century BC - 19th century BC - 18th century BC |
Decades: | 1890s BC 1880s 1870s 1860s 1850s 1840s 1830s 1820s 1810s 1800s BC |
(3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC)
19th century BC by topic | |
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China - Egypt |
[edit] Events
- Hittite empire in Hattusa, Anatolia.
- c. 1895 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.
- 1878 BC - Senwosret II (Twelfth Dynasty) died.
- c. 1878 BC - Senwosret III (Twelfth Dynasty) started to rule.
- In 1876 BC (according to one interpretation of internal Biblical chronology) Israelites enter Egypt after two years of famine.
- c. 1842 BC - Senwosret III (Twelfth Dynasty) died.
- 1837 BC -- Jacob was born, according to some biblical chronologies.
- 1829 BC – 1818 BC -- Egyptian-Nubian war.
- 1818 BC -- Egyptian Campaign in Israel.
- 1813 BC -- Amorite Conquest of Northern Mesopotamia.
- 1806 BC -- Traditional date for the end of the Xia Dynasty in China.
- 1800 BC -- beginning of the Nordic Bronze Age in the periodization system devised by Oscar Montelius.
- Decline of the Beaker culture.
[edit] Significant persons
- 1812 BC - Birth of Abraham according to Jewish calculations. (1,948 years after biblical creation - other datings include 21st century BC, 17th century BC, 16th Century BC, and 15th Century BC)
- Amenemhat III of Egypt (1807–1797 BC)
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