1170s BC
The 1170s BC is a
decade
which lasted from 1179 BC to 1170 BC.
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| 2nd millennium BC |
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Events and trends
- Late Bronze Age polities were replaced, after a hiatus, by the isolated village cultures of the Greek Dark Ages(ca. 1100–800 BC).
- 1180–1178 BC—Collapse of the Hittite Empire. Their capital, Hattusa, falls around or slightly after 1180 BC.
- 1178 BC, April 16—A fall of Troy. It happened to coincide with the eclipse of April 16, 1178 BC.[3]
- Battle of the Delta, circa 1175 BC, when the Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses III repulsed a major sea invasion by the Sea Peoples.
Significant people
- Odysseus of Troy's 10-year trip home was through the 1170s
- Achilles died during the Trojan War.
References
- ^ Wilford, John Noble (2008-06-25). "Homecoming of Odysseus May Have Been in Eclipse". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-06-25.
- ^ Rachel Courtland (Jun 23, 2008). "Is an eclipse mentioned in ancient Odyssey poem?". New Scientist.
- PMID 18577587.
External links
- ISBN 978-0691140896. Archived from the originalon 2017-07-19. Retrieved 2017-07-07.
- 2016 talk by E.H.Cline on the subject on YouTube