1200 BCE
c. 1200 BC: Massive migrations of people around the Mediterranean and the Middle-East. See Sea People for more information. c. 1200 BC: Aramaic nomads and Chaldeans become a big threat to the former Babylonian and Assyrian Empire. c. 1200 BC: Collapse of Hittite power in Anatolia with the destruction of their capital Hattusa.
In the 1200s BC, the 13th century BC.
Geopolitics & Diplomacy
Conflict & Security
- c. 1200 BC: Final destruction of the major Mycenian city excavated at Iklaina.source
- c. 1200 BC: Migration and expansion of Dorian Greeks. Destruction of Mycenaean city Pylos.source
- c. 1200 BC: Possible battle in the Tollense River Valley of northern Germany.source
- c. 1200 BC: Collapse of Hittite power in Anatolia with the destruction of their capital Hattusa.source
Exploration & Expansion
- c. 1200 BC: The Cimmerians are conjectured to have started settling the steppes of southern Russia.source
- c. 1200 BC: The proto-Scythian Srubna (Timber-grave) culture expands from the lower Volga region to cover the whole of the North Pontic area.source
- c. 1200 BC: Massive migrations of people around the Mediterranean and the Middle-East. See Sea People for more information.source
- c. 1200 BC: Olmec culture starts and thrives in Mesoamerica.source
- c. 1200 BC: Aramaic nomads and Chaldeans become a big threat to the former Babylonian and Assyrian Empire.source
- c. 1200 BC: Ancestral Puebloan civilization in North America. (approximate date)source
- c. 1200 BC: The Israelite highland settlement takes place, with a notable increase in the settled population in the hills north of Jerusalem during this time.source
Religion & Belief
- c. 1200 BC: The Yajurveda is composed.source