19th century BC - Definition and Overview

(20th century BC - 19th century BC - 18th century BC - other centuries)

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

Events

• Hittite empire in Anatolia
• 1829 - 1818 BC -- Egyptian-Nubian war
• 1818 BC -- Egyptian Campaign in Palestine
• 1813 BC -- Amorite Conquest of Northern Mesopotamia
• 1806 BC -- Traditional date for the end of the Xia Dynasty in China.
• 1800 BC -- Hittite invasion of Anatolia

Significant persons

• Amenemhat III of Egypt (1807-1797 BC)

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

• 1800 BC -- Fermentation of dough, grain, and fruit juices