19th century BC

Short description: One hundred years, from 1900 BC to 1801 BC

Template:Centurybox The 19th century BC was the century that lasted from 1900 BC to 1801 BC.

## Events

Pyramid of Senusret II at El-Lahun. He was a Twelfth Dynasty Pharaoh

* c. 1900 BC: Transition from Early Helladic III to Middle Helladic culture in Greece.[1][2]
* c. 1900 BC: Minoan Old Palace (Protopalatial) period starts in Crete.
* c. 1900 BC: Fall of last Sumerian dynasty.
* c. 1900 BC: Late Harappan phase of the Indus Valley civilization begins
* c. 1900 BC: The Mokaya along the Pacific coast of present-day Chiapas, Mexico were preparing cacao beverages.[3]
* c. 1900 BC: Port of Lothal is abandoned.
* c. 1897 BC: Senwosret II (Twelfth Dynasty) started to rule. He built Kahun near his pyramid tomb complex at el-Lahun.
* c. 1895 BC–1878 BC: "Pectoral of Senwosret II", from the tomb of princess Sithathoryunet at el-Lahun was made. Twelfth Dynasty. It is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
* c. 1880 BC: Pharaoh Senwosret II starts to rule (other date is 1897 BC).
* 1878 BC: Senwosret II (Twelfth Dynasty) died.
* c. 1878 BC: Senwosret III (Twelfth Dynasty) started to rule.
* c. 1874 BC: Pharaoh Senwosret II dies (other date is 1878 BC).
* c. 1874 BC: Pharaoh Senwosret III starts to rule (other date is 1878 BC).
* c. 1860 BC: Senusret III inspects the Nubian frontier, he leads four punitive campaigns against the Nubians.
* c. 1860 BC: Amenemhat III starts to rule
* c. 1855 BC: Pharaoh Senwosret III dies (other date is 1839 BC).
* c. 1839 BC: Senwosret III (Twelfth Dynasty) died.
* 1836 BC-1818 BC: Head of Senusret III is made. Twelfth dynasty of Egypt. It is now kept at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri.
* Bön founder Tonpa Shenrab Miwoche dies at age 82
* c. 1825 BC: The oldest known medical text in Egyptian history, the Kahun Gynaecological Papyrus, is written.
* c. 1808 BC: Shamshi-Adad I conquers Assur and emerges as the first Amorite king of Assyria.

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## References

1. ↑ "The Bronze Age on the Greek Mainland: Early Bronze Age — Early Helladic III". Athens: Foundation of the Hellenic World. 1999–2000. https://www.fhw.gr/chronos/02/mainland/en/eh/intro/eb3/index.html.
2. ↑ "The Bronze Age on the Greek Mainland: Middle Bronze Age — Introduction". Athens: Foundation of the Hellenic World. 1999–2000. https://www.fhw.gr/chronos/02/mainland/en/mh/intro/index.html.
3. ↑ Powis, Terry G.; Hurst, W. Jeffrey; Rodríguez, María del Carmen; Ortíz, Ponciano; Blake, Michael; Cheetham, David; Coe, Michael D.; Hodgson, John G. (December 2007). "Oldest Chocolate in the New World". Antiquity (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University) 81 (314). ISSN 0003-598X. http://antiquity.ac.uk/projgall/powis/index.html.

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