12th century BC

(13th century BC – 12th century BC – 11th century BC – other centuries)

(1200s BC – 1190s BC – 1180s BC – 1170s BC – 1160s BC – 1150s BC – 1140s BC – 1130s BC – 1120s BC – 1110s BC – 1100s BC – other decades)

(3rd millennium BC – 2nd millennium BC – 1st millennium BC)

Events

• 1200 BC – Ancient Pueblo Peoples civilization in North America. (approximate date)
• 1186 BC – End of the Nineteenth dynasty of Egypt, start of the Twentieth Dynasty
• April 24, 1184 BC- Traditional date for the fall of Troy, Asia Minor to the Mycenaeans and their allies. This marks the end of the Trojan War of Greek mythology.
• 1150 BC – Olmec civilization in Mesoamerica. (approximate date)

Significant persons

• Ramses III, Pharaoh of Egypt

Inventions, discoveries, introductions