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

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

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.
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