1190s BC (1 events)
1190 BC
ID: 3637
Destruction of Ugarit - king's final letter: 'enemy ships are here, my cities burn, country does evil things'
ID: 3637
1180s BC (6 events)
1180 BC
ID: 3638
Destruction of Troy VIIa - archaeological layer possibly matching Homeric Troy, city burned
ID: 3638
1180 BC
ID: 5793
Ramesses III records Sea Peoples confederation - Peleset (Philistines), Tjeker, Shekelesh, Denyen, Weshesh attack Egypt by land and sea
ID: 5793
1180 BC
ID: 5918
Palladium stolen from Troy - sacred statue of Athena, Greeks steal it (or Aeneas saves it), Troy falls because it lost divine protection
ID: 5918
1177 BC
ID: 3639
Battle of the Delta - Ramesses III defeats Sea Peoples naval invasion, Peleset, Tjeker, Shekelesh, Denyen, Weshesh repelled
ID: 3639
1175 BC
ID: 3640
Philistines settle Palestine - after defeat, Sea Peoples allowed to settle coastal strip from Gaza to Joppa
ID: 3640
1175 BC
ID: 5794
Philistines (Peleset) establish pentapolis in Canaan - Gaza, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Ekron, and Gath become major Philistine cities
ID: 5794
1150s BC (1 events)
1150 BC
ID: 3642
International trade system collapses - tin routes disrupted, diplomatic marriages end, 'Great Powers Club' dissolved
ID: 3642
1120s BC (1 events)
1115 BC
ID: 3615
Tiglath-Pileser I reaches Mediterranean - Assyrian Empire at greatest extent of Middle period
ID: 3615
1100s BC (3 events)
1100 BC
ID: 3643
Greek Dark Ages begin - 400-year period of cultural decline, loss of literacy, abandonment of cities
ID: 3643
1100 BC
ID: 3645
Dorian migrations - Greek-speaking peoples move south, new dialect groups emerge
ID: 3645
1100 BC
ID: 5803
Phoenicians establish Gades (Cadiz) - Atlantic base for tin trade with Cornwall and mysterious Cassiterides
ID: 5803