Events

• Hittite empire in Hattusa, Anatolia.
• 1900 BC: Proto-Greek invasions of Greece.
• c. 1900 BC: Minoan Old Palace period starts in Ancient Greece.
• c. 1900 BC: Fall of last Sumerian dynasty.
• c. 1900 BC: Late Harappan Phase of the Indus Valley Civilization begins
• c. 1900 BC: Port of Lothal is abandoned.
• c. 1897 BC: Senwosret II (Twelfth Dynasty) started to rule. He built Kahun near his pyramide tomb complex at el-Lahun.
• c. 1895–1878 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.
• 1876 BC: Israelites enter Egypt after two years of famine (according to one interpretation of internal Biblical chronology; an alternate date is 1986 BC).
• 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. 1855 BC: Pharaoh Senwosret III dies (other date is 1839 BC).
• c. 1839 BC: Senwosret III (Twelfth Dynasty) died.
• 1837 BC: Jacob was born, according to some biblical chronologies.
• 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.
• 1829–1818 BC: Egyptian–Nubian war.
• 1818 BC: Egyptian Campaign in Israel.
• 1813 BC: Amorite Conquest of Northern Mesopotamia.
• 1806 BC: Traditional date for the end of the Xia Dynasty in China.
• Decline of the Beaker culture.

Significant persons

• 1827–1677 BC—Terah, father of Abraham, according to the Hebrew Calendar
• 1812 BC—Birth of Abraham according to the Hebrew Calendar (1,948 years after biblical creation. Other datings include 23rd century BC, 21st century BC, 17th century BC, 16th Century BC, and 15th Century BC)
• 1807–1797 BC—Amenemhat III of Egypt

Decades and years