19th century BC

One hundred years, from 1900 BC to 1801 BC -19 The 19th century BC was the century that lasted from 1900 BC to 1801 BC. Events thumb|250px|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.The Bronze Age on the Greek Mainland: Early Bronze Age — Early Helladic III 1999–2000 Athens Foundation of the Hellenic World https://www.fhw.gr/chronos/02/mainland/en/eh/intro/eb3/index.htmlThe Bronze Age on the Greek Mainland: Middle Bronze Age — Introduction 1999–2000 Athens Foundation of the Hellenic World https://www.fhw.gr/chronos/02/mainland/en/mh/intro/index.html 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.Oldest Chocolate in the New World Terry G. Powis W. Jeffrey Hurst María del Carmen Rodríguez Ponciano Ortíz Michael Blake David Cheetham Michael D. Coe John G. Hodgson Antiquity Cambridge University Cambridge, England 81 314 0003-598X December 2007 http://antiquity.ac.uk/projgall/powis/index.html 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 returns from exile and conquers Assur, emerging as the first Amorite king of Assyria.Marc Van De Mieroop, A History of the Ancient Near East, ca. 3000-323 BC (Malden: Blackwell, 2004), p. 101 0-631-22552-8 Sovereign states List of sovereign states in the 19th century BC References -1 -81