12th century BC - Definition and Overview

(13th century BC - 12th century BC - 11th century BC - other centuries)

(1200s BC - 1190s BC - 1180s BC - 1170s BC - 1160s BC - 1150s BC - 1140s BC - 1130s BC - 1120s BC - 1110s BC - 1100s BC - other decades)

(3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC)

Events

• 1200 BC - Ancient Pueblo Peoples civilization in North America. (approximate date)
• 1186 BC - End of the Nineteenth dynasty of Egypt, start of the Twentieth Dynasty
• April 24, 1184 BC- 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.
• 1150 BC - Olmec civilization in Mesoamerica. (approximate date)

Significant persons

• Ramses III, Pharaoh of Egypt

Inventions, discoveries, introductions