1180s BC
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The 1180s BC is a decade that lasted from 1189 BC to 1180 BC.
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Events and trends
- 1188 BC — End of the Nineteenth dynasty of Egypt, start of the Twentieth Dynasty.
- 1184 BC — April 24, the traditional date of the fall of Troy.
- 1182 BC — A desperate letter of Ammurapi, the last king of Ugarit, reporting the approaching fleet of the Peoples of the Sea. Shortly thereafter they destroyed both Ugarit and Alasiya (Cyprus).
- 1181 BC — Menestheus, legendary King of Athens and veteran of the Trojan War, dies after a reign of 23 years and is succeeded by his nephew Demophon, a son of Theseus. Other accounts place his death a decade earlier and during the Trojan War (see 1190s BC).
- c. 1180 BC — Invaders raze Hattusa, causing the collapse of the Hittite Empire.
References
- ↑ Drews, Robert (31 March 2020). The End of the Bronze Age Changes in Warfare and the Catastrophe Ca. 1200 B.C. (3rd ed.). Princeton University Press. p. 6. ISBN 9780691209975.
- ↑ Howe, Alexander Hamilton (1865). "Plague of Troy". A Theoretical Inquiry Into the Physical Cause of Epidemic Diseases. Churchill. p. 46.
- ↑ Alfred, Randy (April 24, 2012). "April 24, 1184 B.C.: Trojan Horse Defeats State-of-the-Art Security". Wired.