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1200 BC| c. 1200 BC | Greece [colonization] | The Dorian Greeks, or at least a new group of Greek speakers, probably first arrive in the Peloponnese. Their arrival is followed during the remainder of the century by the destruction of the Mycenaean palaces. The palaces destroyed are Mycenae itself, Tiryns (probably caused by an earthquake), and Pylos. | | c. 1200 BC | Central America [everyday life] | The Olmec civilization begins at San Lorenzo on the Gulf Coast plain of Mexico, near modern Vera Cruz. This is the first civilization of Mesoamerica (the area of the Mexican and Mayan civilizations). San Lorenzo is the predominant centre until 900 BC. Maize is almost certainly the staple crop. The Olmecs are skilled stone workers and also carve small jade objects. | | c. 1200 BC | Europe [everyday life] | The Hallstatt culture appears in southern Germany, named after a later cemetery found at Hallstatt, Austria. This culture originates in the Late Bronze Age in southern Germany and Austria and later, in the Iron Age, spreads throughout most of Europe. Burial is by inhumation below a tumulus (grave mound or barrow), with bronze (or later iron) swords, brooches, and pottery. | | c. 1200 BC | Egypt [materials] | The Iron Age begins as iron displaces bronze as the most important metal in Egypt and elsewhere. | | c. 1200 BC–c. 1100 BC | Middle East, Greece [political events] | This century sees the end of the Bronze Age in the Middle East and the Aegean and the beginning of a Dark Age, at least in the latter area. The turmoil caused by the displaced Peoples of the Sea may have been prompted by renewed pressure, from the north, of Indo-European tribes; as the century progresses these tribes, in particular the Phrygians and Dorian Greeks, penetrate Asia Minor and Greece. | | c. 1200 BC | China [thought and scholarship] | The I Ching/Book of Changes, a Chinese dissertation on divination, may have been written in this century. |
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