{{Short description|One hundred years, from 1900 BC to 1801 BC}} {{Centurybox|-19}} The '''19th century BC''' was the century that lasted from 1900 BC to 1801 BC. <!-- Note that per WP:DATE, years before 1700 BC should link to the relevant century. Thus wikifying any of these years will redirect to this page. Only wikify links to other centuries. -->

==Events== [[File:SenusretIIPyramid.jpg|thumb|250px|Pyramid of Senusret II at El-Lahun. He was a Twelfth Dynasty Pharaoh]] * c. 1900 BC: Transition from Early Helladic III to Middle Helladic culture in Greece.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Bronze Age on the Greek Mainland: Early Bronze Age — Early Helladic III|year=1999–2000|location=Athens|publisher=Foundation of the Hellenic World|url=https://www.fhw.gr/chronos/02/mainland/en/eh/intro/eb3/index.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Bronze Age on the Greek Mainland: Middle Bronze Age — Introduction|year=1999–2000|location=Athens|publisher=Foundation of the Hellenic World|url=https://www.fhw.gr/chronos/02/mainland/en/mh/intro/index.html}}</ref> * c. 1900 BC: Minoan Old Palace (Protopalatial) period starts in Crete. * c. 1900 BC: Fall of last Sumerian dynasty. * c. 1900 BC: Late Harappan phase of the Indus Valley civilization begins * c. 1900 BC: The Mokaya along the Pacific coast of present-day Chiapas, Mexico were preparing cacao beverages.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Oldest Chocolate in the New World|first1=Terry G.|last1=Powis|first2=W. Jeffrey|last2=Hurst|first3=María del Carmen|last3=Rodríguez|first4=Ponciano |last4=Ortíz|first5=Michael |last5=Blake|first6=David |last6=Cheetham|first7=Michael D. |last7=Coe|first8=John G.|last8=Hodgson|journal= Antiquity|publisher=Cambridge University|location=Cambridge, England|volume=81|issue=314|issn=0003-598X|date=December 2007|url= http://antiquity.ac.uk/projgall/powis/index.html}}</ref> * c. 1900 BC: Port of Lothal is abandoned. * c. 1897 BC: Senwosret II (Twelfth Dynasty) started to rule. He built Kahun near his pyramid tomb complex at el-Lahun. * c. 1895 BC–1878 BC: "Pectoral of Senwosret II", from the tomb of princess Sithathoryunet at el-Lahun was made. Twelfth Dynasty. It is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. * c. 1880 BC: Pharaoh Senwosret II starts to rule (other date is 1897 BC). * 1878 BC: Senwosret II (Twelfth Dynasty) died. * c. 1878 BC: Senwosret III (Twelfth Dynasty) started to rule. * c. 1874 BC: Pharaoh Senwosret II dies (other date is 1878 BC). * c. 1874 BC: Pharaoh Senwosret III starts to rule (other date is 1878 BC). * c. 1860 BC: Senusret III inspects the Nubian frontier, he leads four punitive campaigns against the Nubians. * c. 1860 BC: Amenemhat III starts to rule * c. 1855 BC: Pharaoh Senwosret III dies (other date is 1839 BC). * c. 1839 BC: Senwosret III (Twelfth Dynasty) died. * 1836 BC-1818 BC: Head of Senusret III is made. Twelfth dynasty of Egypt. It is now kept at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri. * Bön founder Tonpa Shenrab Miwoche dies at age 82 * c. 1825 BC: The oldest known medical text in Egyptian history, the Kahun Gynaecological Papyrus, is written. * c. 1808 BC: Shamshi-Adad I conquers Assur and emerges as the first Amorite king of Assyria.

== Sovereign states == {{Main|List of sovereign states in the 19th century BC}}

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