19th century BC

Events

• 1900 BC: Transition from Early Helladic III to Middle Helladic culture in Greece.
• c. 1900 BC: Minoan Old Palace 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.
• c. 1900 BC: Port of Lothal is abandoned.
• Hittite empire in Hattusa, Anatolia.
• c. 1897 BC: Senwosret II 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.
• 1878 BC: Senwosret II died.
• c. 1878 BC: Senwosret III started to rule.
• 1876 BC: Israelites enter Egypt after two years of famine.
• c. 1874 BC: Pharaoh Senwosret II dies.
• c. 1874 BC: Pharaoh Senwosret III starts to rule.
• 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.
• c. 1839 BC: Senwosret III 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.

  Significant persons

• 1807 BC–1797 BC—Amenemhat III of Egypt
• 1806 BC-1802 BC—Sobekneferu of Egypt

  Sovereign states

Decades and years