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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

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 pyramide 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.
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.

Sovereign states

Main article: List of sovereign states in the 19th century BC

References

^ "The Bronze Age on the Greek Mainland: Early Bronze Age — Early Helladic III". Athens: Foundation of the Hellenic World. 1999–2000.
^ "The Bronze Age on the Greek Mainland: Middle Bronze Age — Introduction". Athens: Foundation of the Hellenic World. 1999–2000.
^ 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. 81 (314). Cambridge, England: Cambridge University. ISSN 0003-598X.

Decades and years

19th century BC
21st century BC ← 20th century BC ← ↔ → 18th century BC → 17th century BC

1900s BC	1909 BC	1908 BC	1907 BC	1906 BC	1905 BC	1904 BC	1903 BC	1902 BC	1901 BC	1900 BC
1890s BC	1899 BC	1898 BC	1897 BC	1896 BC	1895 BC	1894 BC	1893 BC	1892 BC	1891 BC	1890 BC
1880s BC	1889 BC	1888 BC	1887 BC	1886 BC	1885 BC	1884 BC	1883 BC	1882 BC	1881 BC	1880 BC
1870s BC	1879 BC	1878 BC	1877 BC	1876 BC	1875 BC	1874 BC	1873 BC	1872 BC	1871 BC	1870 BC
1860s BC	1869 BC	1868 BC	1867 BC	1866 BC	1865 BC	1864 BC	1863 BC	1862 BC	1861 BC	1860 BC
1850s BC	1859 BC	1858 BC	1857 BC	1856 BC	1855 BC	1854 BC	1853 BC	1852 BC	1851 BC	1850 BC
1840s BC	1849 BC	1848 BC	1847 BC	1846 BC	1845 BC	1844 BC	1843 BC	1842 BC	1841 BC	1840 BC
1830s BC	1839 BC	1838 BC	1837 BC	1836 BC	1835 BC	1834 BC	1833 BC	1832 BC	1831 BC	1830 BC
1820s BC	1829 BC	1828 BC	1827 BC	1826 BC	1825 BC	1824 BC	1823 BC	1822 BC	1821 BC	1820 BC
1810s BC	1819 BC	1818 BC	1817 BC	1816 BC	1815 BC	1814 BC	1813 BC	1812 BC	1811 BC	1810 BC
1800s BC	1809 BC	1808 BC	1807 BC	1806 BC	1805 BC	1804 BC	1803 BC	1802 BC	1801 BC	1800 BC
1790s BC	1799 BC	1798 BC	1797 BC	1796 BC	1795 BC	1794 BC	1793 BC	1792 BC	1791 BC	1790 BC

Centuries and millennia

Millennium	Century
BC (BCE)
4th	40th	39th	38th	37th	36th	35th	34th	33rd	32nd	31st
3rd	30th	29th	28th	27th	26th	25th	24th	23rd	22nd	21st
2nd	20th	19th	18th	17th	16th	15th	14th	13th	12th	11th
1st	10th	9th	8th	7th	6th	5th	4th	3rd	2nd	1st
AD (CE)
1st	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
2nd	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th
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