19th century BC
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium BC | 
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| Decades: |  1890s BC 1880s BC 1870s BC 1860s BC 1850s BC 1840s BC 1830s BC 1820s BC 1810s BC 1800s BC  | 
| Categories: |  Births – Deaths  Establishments – Disestablishments  | 
The 19th century BC was the century which lasted from 1900 BC to 1801 BC.
Events

Pyramid of Senusret II at El-Lahun. He was a Twelfth Dynasty Pharaoh
- Hittite empire in Hattusa, Anatolia.
 - 1900 BC: Transition from Early Helladic III to Middle Helladic culture in Greece.[1][2]
 - 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.[3]
 - c. 1900 BC: Port of Lothal is abandoned.
 - c. 1897 BC: Senwosret II (Twelfth Dynasty) started to rule. He built Kahun near his pyramide 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.
 - 1876 BC: Israelites enter Egypt after two years of famine (according to one interpretation of internal Biblical chronology; an alternate date is 1986 BC).
 - 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. 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.
 
Significant persons
- 1807 BC–1797 BC—Amenemhat III of Egypt
 - 1806 BC-1802 BC—Sobekneferu of Egypt
 
Sovereign states
Main article: List of sovereign states in the 19th century BC
Decades and years
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References
- ↑ "The Bronze Age on the Greek Mainland: Early Bronze Age — Early Helladic III". Athens: Foundation of the Hellenic World. 1999–2000.
 - ↑ "The Bronze Age on the Greek Mainland: Middle Bronze Age — Introduction". Athens: Foundation of the Hellenic World. 1999–2000.
 - ↑ Terry G. Powis, W. Jeffrey Hurst, María del Carmen Rodríguez, Ponciano Ortíz C., Michael Blake, David Cheetham, Michael D. Coe & John G. Hodgson (December 2007). "Oldest Chocolate in the New World". Antiquity 81 (314). ISSN 0003-598X.
 
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