Events from 1200 BC

Fu Hao leads military campaigns - only female general in Chinese history with archaeological confirmation

Destruction of Mycenaean palaces - major centers burned and abandoned, writing system lost

Fall of Hattusa - Hittite capital burned and abandoned, empire collapses under Suppiluliuma II

Iron Age begins - widespread adoption of iron smelting as bronze trade networks collapse

Tin trade disruption - Bronze Age collapse disrupts Cornwall-Mediterranean tin routes crucial for bronze production

Dionysus cult spreads in Greece - wine becomes sacred, symposium culture develops, wine mixed with water as civilized practice

Late Bronze Age Collapse begins - widespread destruction across eastern Mediterranean, multiple civilizations fall simultaneously

Sacred meteorite falls at Pessinus - black stone from heaven becomes cult image of Cybele, Mother Goddess of Phrygia, worshipped as goddess herself