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1190s BC
The
1190s
BC
is
a decade
which
lasted
from 1199 BC to
1190
BC.
Events and
trends
1197 BC—The
beginning
of the first period according to
Sau
Yung's
concept
of the
I Ching
and
history
.
1194 BC—The beginning of the
legendary
Trojan War
.
1192
BC—Wu Ding
king 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
.
Significant
people
Amenemses
,
Pharaoh
of the
Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt