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{{Short description|One hundred years, from 1900 BC to 1801 BC}}
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The '''19th century BC''' was the century that lasted from 1900 BC to 1801 BC.
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==Events==
[[File:SenusretIIPyramid.jpg|thumb|250px|Pyramid of Senusret II at [[El-Lahun]]. He was a Twelfth Dynasty Pharaoh]]
* 1900 BC: Transition from [[Helladic period|Early Helladic III]] to [[Helladic period|Middle Helladic culture]] in [[Greece]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Bronze Age on the Greek Mainland: Early Bronze Age — Early Helladic III|year=1999–2000|location=Athens|publisher=Foundation of the Hellenic World|url=http://www.fhw.gr/chronos/02/mainland/en/eh/intro/eb3/index.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Bronze Age on the Greek Mainland: Middle Bronze Age — Introduction|year=1999–2000|location=Athens|publisher=Foundation of the Hellenic World|url=http://www.fhw.gr/chronos/02/mainland/en/mh/intro/index.html}}</ref>
* c. 1900 BC: [[Minoan civilization|Minoan]] Old Palace (Protopalatial) period starts in [[Crete]].
* c. 1900 BC: Fall of last [[Sumer]]ian 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 [[Theobroma cacao|cacao]] beverages.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Oldest Chocolate in the New World|first1=Terry G.|last1=Powis|first2=W. Jeffrey|last2=Hurst|first3=María del Carmen|last3=Rodríguez|first4=Ponciano |last4=Ortíz|first5=Michael |last5=Blake|first6=David |last6=Cheetham|first7=Michael D. |last7=Coe|first8=John G.|last8=Hodgson|journal= [[Antiquity (journal)|Antiquity]]|publisher=[[Cambridge University]]|location=Cambridge, England|volume=81|issue=314|issn=0003-598X|date=December 2007|url= http://antiquity.ac.uk/projgall/powis/index.html}}</ref>
* c. 1900 BC: [[Port]] of [[Lothal]] is abandoned.
* c. 1897 BC: [[Senwosret II]] ([[Twelfth dynasty of Egypt|Twelfth Dynasty]]) started to rule. He built [[El-Lahun|Kahun]] near his pyramide tomb complex at [[el-Lahun]].
* c. 1895 BC–1878 BC: "[[pectoral (Ancient Egypt)|Pectoral]] of [[Senwosret II]]", from the tomb of [[princess]] [[Sithathoryunet]] at [[el-Lahun]] was made. [[Twelfth dynasty of Egypt|Twelfth Dynasty]]. It is now in the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], [[New York City|New York]].
* c. 1880 BC: [[Pharaoh]] [[Senwosret II]] starts to rule (other date is 1897 BC).
* 1878 BC: [[Senwosret II]] ([[Twelfth dynasty of Egypt|Twelfth Dynasty]]) died.
* c. 1878 BC: [[Senwosret III]] ([[Twelfth dynasty of Egypt|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 [[Nubia]]n frontier, he leads four punitive campaigns against the [[Nubian people|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 of Egypt|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|Kansas City]], [[Missouri]].
* c. 1825 BC: The oldest known medical text in Egyptian history, the [[Kahun Gynaecological Papyrus]], is written.
* c. 1808 BC: [[Shamshi-Adad I]] conquers [[Assur]] and emerges as the first [[Amorite]] king of [[Assyria]].

== Sovereign states ==
{{Main|List of sovereign states in the 19th century BC}}

==References==
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