1180s BC

Millennium:	2nd millennium BC
Centuries:	13th century BC - 12th century BC - 11th century BC
Decades:	1210s BC 1200s BC 1190s BC - 1180s BC - 1170s BC 1160s BC 1150s BC
Years:	1189 BC 1188 BC 1187 BC 1186 BC 1185 BC 1184 BC 1183 BC 1182 BC 1181 BC 1180 BC
Categories:	Births - Deaths - Architecture; Establishments - Disestablishments

[edit] Events and trends

1186 BC — End of the Nineteenth dynasty of Egypt, start of the Twentieth Dynasty.
1184 BC April 24 — Traditional date of the fall of Troy.
1181 BC — Menestheus, legendary King of Athens and veteran of the Trojan War, dies after a reign of 23 years and is succeeded by his nephew Demophon, a son of Theseus. Other accounts place his death a decade earlier and during the Trojan War (see 1190s BC).
c. 1180 BC — Invaders razed Hattusa causing the collapse of the Hittite Empire

Millennium:	2nd millennium BC
Centuries:	13th century BC - 12th century BC - 11th century BC
Decades:	1210s BC 1200s BC 1190s BC - 1180s BC - 1170s BC 1160s BC 1150s BC
Years:	1189 BC 1188 BC 1187 BC 1186 BC 1185 BC 1184 BC 1183 BC 1182 BC 1181 BC 1180 BC
Categories:	Births - Deaths - Architecture Establishments - Disestablishments