1150s BC
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium BC |
| Centuries: | 13th century BC – 12th century BC – 11th century BC |
| Decades: | 1180s BC 1170s BC 1160s BC – 1150s BC – 1140s BC 1130s BC 1120s BC |
| Years: | 1159 BC 1158 BC 1157 BC 1156 BC 1155 BC 1154 BC 1153 BC 1152 BC 1151 BC 1150 BC |
| 1150s BC-related categories: |
Births – Deaths |
Events and trends
- 1159 BC—The Hekla 3 eruption triggers an 18-year period of climatic worsening. (estimated date, disputed)
- 1154 BC—Death of King Menelaus of Sparta (estimated date).
- 1154 BC—Suicide of exiled Queen Helen of Sparta at Rhodes. (estimated date).
- The Trojan war takes place at about this time
- 1154 BC—Medinet Habu (temple): records a people called the P-r-s-t (conventionally Peleset) among those who fought with Egypt in Ramesses III's reign.[1][2][3]
Significant people
- 1153 BC—Death of pharaoh Ramesses III of Egypt
References
- ↑ Fahlbusch et al., 2005, p. 185.
- ↑ Ancient Records of Egypt: The first through the seventeenth dynasties, James Henry Breasted, page 24
- ↑ Killebrew 2005, p. 202.
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