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1180s BC
Events and trends
1186 BC—End of the
Nineteenth dynasty of Egypt
, start of the
Twentieth Dynasty
.
1184 BC—April 24, the traditional date of the fall of
Troy
.
1182 BC—A desperate letter of
Ammurapi
, the last king of
Ugarit
, reporting the approaching fleet of the
Peoples of the Sea
. Shortly thereafter they destroyed both
Ugarit
and
Alasiya
(
Cyprus
).
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
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