1200s BC

Events and trends

 * —, legendary , is deposed after a reign of 30 years and succeeded by , great-grandson of and second cousin of ' father .  is reportedly assisted by  of , who want to reclaim their sister  from her first husband .  seeks refuge in , whose   is an old friend and ally. , however, considers his visitor a threat to the throne and proceeds to  him. (Other accounts place these events a decade earlier. See .)
 * c. — The  start settling the steppes of southern ? (Undocumented conjecture).
 * 1200 BC — civilization in  started.
 * 1200 BC — Collapse of power in  with the destruction of their capital.
 * c. 1200 BC - s appear in.
 * c. 1200 BC - Earliest writing that survived exists in Ancient China.
 * c. 1200 BC - Aramaic Nomads and Chaldeans become a big threat to the former Babylonian and Assyrian Empire.
 * c. 1200 BC - Massive migrations of people around the Mediterranean and the Middle-East. See for more information.

Significant people

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