1100s BC (decade)

{{Short description|Decade}} {{More citations needed|date=February 2022}} The '''1100s BC''' is a decade that lasted from 1109 BC to 1100 BC. {{Decadebox BC|110}}

==Events and trends== * 1104 BC—Foundation of Cádiz, Spain.<ref name="ReferenceA">Strabo, ''Geographica'' 3.5.5</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=HsdAAAAAcAAJ&dq=muller+geographi+graeci&pg=PA196 Pseudo Scymnus or Pausanias of Damascus, Circuit of the Earth, 160-164]</ref> * 1100 BC—Tiglath-Pileser I of Assyria conquers the Hittites. * {{Circa|1100 BC}}—Maya Calendar counts time from this point. * {{Circa|1100 BC}}—The Dorians invade Ancient Greece. * {{Circa|1100 BC}}—Mycenaean era ends with the destruction of that civilization. The collapse of Mycenaean dominance starts. * {{Circa|1100 BC}}—Late Minoan culture ends. * {{Circa|1100 BC}}—Greek Dark Ages begin. * {{Circa|1100 BC}}—Beginning of the proto-Villanovan culture in northern Italy. * {{Circa|1100 BC}}—The New Kingdom in Egypt comes to an end. * {{Circa|1100 BC}}—The Shang dynasty ends in China. * {{Circa|1100 BC}}—Kurukshetra War begins in Later Vedic period in Kuru kingdom.

==Significant people== * c. 1102 BC—Samuel is born.

==Inventions, discoveries, introductions== * Alphabet, developed by Phoenicians. * MUL.APIN, developed by Assyrians: an ancient catalog of constellations.

==References== {{Reflist}}

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