Home > 1150s BC

Events and Trends

• 1159 BC - Global " tree ring eventCheraw, South Carolina Dendrochronology or tree-ring dating is the method of scientific dating based on the analysis of tree ring patterns. This technique was invented and developed during the 20th century originally by A. Douglass, the founder of the Lab" (period of arrested tree growth) lasting for 18 years
• 1154 BC - Death of King MenelausMenelaus (also transliterated as Menelaos , in Greek mythology, was a king of Sparta and son of Atreus and Aerope. Atreus was murdered by his nephew, Aegisthus, who took possession of the throne of Mycenae and ruled jointly with his father Thyestes. Durin of SpartaThis page is about the ancient and modern Greek city of Sparta. For other uses see: Sparta (disambiguation Sparta was an ancient city in Greece, the capital of Laconia and the most powerful state of the Peloponnesus. The city lay at the northern end of th (estimated date).
• 1154 BC - Suicide of exiled Queen HelenThis article is about Helen of Troy. For other uses of Helen, see Helen (disambiguation). Helen of Troy redirects here. For the figure in punk music, see Helen Wellington-Lloyd. Helen (Greek ) was a figure from Greek mythology. The name is perhaps related of SpartaThis page is about the ancient and modern Greek city of Sparta. For other uses see: Sparta (disambiguation Sparta was an ancient city in Greece, the capital of Laconia and the most powerful state of the Peloponnesus. The city lay at the northern end of th at RhodesThis article is about the Greek island of Rhodes. For other uses, see Rhodes (disambiguation). Rhodes Greek (Rodos), is the largest of the Dodecanese islands, and easternmost of the major islands of Greece in the Aegean Sea. It lies approximately 11 miles. (estimated date).

Significant People

• 1153 BC - Death of pharaohThis article refers to the historical Pharaoh. For Pharaoh in the Book of Abraham, see Pharaoh (Book of Abraham). Pharaoh Standard Hebrew Paro Tiberian Hebrew Paroh is a title used to refer to the kings (of godly status) in ancient Egypt. See History of E Ramses IIIRamses III was a Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. He is considered the last native Egyptian pharaoh to weild any real authority, and reigned in the 20th Dynasty from 1186 BC to 1154BC (alternate dates are 1196 1164 BC). His name is sometimes rendered as Rameses of EgyptJumhuriyat Misr al-Arabiyah ( In Detail) Official language Arabic Capital Cairo Largest City Cairo President Hosni Mubarak Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif Area Total % water Ranked 29th 1,001,450 km² 0. 6% Population Total (2003) Density Ranked 15th 74,718,797.