Century · 1200 BCE – 1101 BCE
The world in the 12th century BCE
From 1200 BCE to 1101 BCE the atlas holds 71 states standing at some time, 20 of them founded in it - Padua and Zhou dynasty the best known - and 7 ending in it. 3 wars, risings, treaties, discoveries and other events began - Battle of the Delta, Battle of Djahy and Harem conspiracy the best known of the events; 30 people were born.
A century here is counted as Wikidata counts it, 1200 BCE to 1101 BCE, and holds every row that began in it, however coarsely dated.
What began in the 12th century BCE
By decade first - wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey - then by kind, the best known first.
Wars and battles 2
- Battle of the Delta · battle · 1178 BCE
- Battle of Djahy · battle · 1178 BCE
Regime change 1
- Harem conspiracy · adverse regime change · 1155 BCE
States founded and fallen
Founded 20
- Padua · state · 1183 BCE
- Zhou dynasty · state · 1101 – 256 BCE
- Lydia · state · 1200 – 546 BCE
- Greek Dark Ages · state · 1101 – 851 BCE
- Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt · state · 1189 – 1077 BCE
- Sabaeans · state · 1200 BCE – 275 CE
- Salamis · state · 1101 BCE – 117 CE
- Anga Kingdom · state · 1101 – 501 BCE
- Lu · state · 1101 – 249 BCE
- Jin (Chinese state) · state · 1101 – 376 BCE
- Philistia · state · 1175 – 604 BCE
- Song · state · 1101 – 286 BCE
- Yue · state · 1101 – 222 BCE
- Soli · state · 1101 – 58 BCE
and 6 more in the atlas.
Ended 7
- Hittites · state · 1600 – 1151 BCE
- Ugarit · state · 6001 – 1191 BCE
- Kassites · state · 1531 – 1155 BCE
- Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt · state · 1292 – 1189 BCE
- Kassite dynasty · state · 1595 – 1155 BCE
- Seha River Land · state · 1430 – 1185 BCE
- Anarta kingdom · state · 1501 – 1101 BCE
Born in the 12th century BCE
The best known first, by how many Wikipedias write about them.
- Ramesses VI · ruler · 1176 – 1136 BCE
- King Wu of Zhou · monarch · 1151 – 1043 BCE
- Psusennes I · statesperson · 1101 – 1001 BCE
- Ramesses VII · ruler · 1151 – 1129 BCE
- Ramesses X · ruler · 1151 – 1107 BCE
- Di Xin · politician · 1105 – 1046 BCE
- King Wen of Zhou · monarch · 1112 – 1050 BCE
- Ramesses IX · ruler · 1151 – 1111 BCE
- Psusennes II · statesperson · 1101 – 945 BCE
- Amenemnisu · statesperson · 1101 – 1047 BCE
- Duke of Zhou · military leader · 1101 – 1032 BCE
- King Cheng of Zhou · ruler · 1101 – 1021 BCE
- Shalmaneser II · ruler · 1101 – 1019 BCE
- Ashurnasirpal I · ruler · 1101 – 1061 BCE
- Osorkon the Elder · ruler · 1101 – 986 BCE
- Ashur-rabi II · ruler · 1101 – 972 BCE
- Ashur-resh-ishi II · ruler · 1101 – 967 BCE
- Shamshi-Adad IV · ruler · 1101 BCE
- Ashur-nirari IV · ruler · 1101 – 1013 BCE
- Jiang Ziya · politician · 1128 – 1015 BCE
- Menkheperre · ruler · 1101 – 992 BCE
- Eriba-Adad II · ruler · 1101 – 1061 BCE
- Adad-apla-iddina · monarch · 1101 BCE
- Mar-biti-apla-usur · ruler · 1101 – 1001 BCE
and 6 more in the atlas.
States of the 12th century BCE
Every state that stood at some time in the 12th century BCE, by region, the best known first.
Europe7 states
- Ancient Greece · 1201 BCE – 600 CE
- Padua · 1183 BCE
- Minoan civilization · 3300 – 1100 BCE
- Mycenaean Greece · 1600 – 1100 BCE
- Colchis · 1701 – 164 BCE
- Greek Dark Ages · 1101 – 851 BCE
- Alba Longa · 1201 – 673 BCE
Middle East and North Africa34 states
- Ancient Egypt · 4001 – 30 BCE
- Babylon · 1894 BCE – 1 CE
- Troy · 3000 BCE – 500 CE
- Assyria · 2025 – 609 BCE
- Phoenicia · 2500 – 64 BCE
- Babylonia · 1901 – 539 BCE
- Hittites · 1600 – 1151 BCE
- Elam · 2700 – 539 BCE
- Lydia · 1200 – 546 BCE
- New Kingdom of Egypt · 1550 – 1070 BCE
- Ugarit · 6001 – 1191 BCE
- Kingdom of Kush · 2180 BCE – 350 CE
and 22 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.
Sub-Saharan Africa1 state
- Land of Punt · 2401 – 1069 BCE
South Asia6 states
- Magadha · 1201 – 345 BCE
- Kuru kingdom · 1201 – 901 BCE
- Anga Kingdom · 1101 – 501 BCE
- Janapada · 1101 – 601 BCE
- Gandhara (Kingdom) · 1200 – 535 BCE
- Pundravardhana · 1280 – 345 BCE
East and Southeast Asia10 states
- Shang dynasty · 1600 – 1046 BCE
- Zhou dynasty · 1101 – 256 BCE
- Old Chosŏn · 2333 – 108 BCE
- Lu · 1101 – 249 BCE
- Jin (Chinese state) · 1101 – 376 BCE
- Song · 1101 – 286 BCE
- Yue · 1101 – 222 BCE
- Shu · 2001 – 316 BCE
- Tamna · 2337 BCE – 1404 CE
- Qi (Henan) · 1601 – 445 BCE
Americas and Oceania2 states
- Maya civilization · 2001 BCE – 1521 CE
- Zapotec civilization · 6701 BCE – 1201 CE
Location unknown11 states
- Kassites · 1531 – 1155 BCE
- Diauehi · 1201 – 760 BCE
- Isuwa · 1501 – 824 BCE
- Deng · 1201 – 678 BCE
- E · 1201 – 863 BCE
- Gandhara (Mahabharata) · 1501 – 535 BCE
- Xing · 1101 – 632 BCE
- Brihadratha dynasty · 1700 – 682 BCE
- Anarta kingdom · 1501 – 1101 BCE
- Han (NW Zhou state) · 1101 – 801 BCE
- Jiǎng · 1101 – 617 BCE
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1201 BCE – 1101 BCE: every state, war and life of the 12th century BCE, region by region.
- On the map in 1151 BCE: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.
Wikidata (CC0) · data built 2026-10-07 · Pastlas v2.13.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.