1100s BC (decade)

Millennium:	2nd millennium BC
Centuries:	13th century BC – 12th century BC – 11th century BC
Decades:	1130s BC 1120s BC 1110s BC – 1100s BC – 1090s BC 1080s BC 1070s BC
Years:	1109 BC 1108 BC 1107 BC 1106 BC 1105 BC 1104 BC 1103 BC 1102 BC 1101 BC 1100 BC
Categories:	Births – Deaths – Architecture; Establishments – Disestablishments

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Events and trends

1104 BC—Foundation of Cadiz, Spain.
1100 BC—Tiglath-Pileser I of Assyria conquers the Hittites.
c. 1100 BC—The Dorians invade Ancient Greece.
c. 1100 BC—Mycenaean era ends with the destruction of that civilisation.
c. 1100 BC—Late Minoan culture ends.
c. 1100 BC—Greek Dark Ages begin.
c. 1100 BC—Beginning of the proto-Villanovan culture in northern Italy.
c. 1100 BC—The New Kingdom in Egypt comes to an end.
c. 1100 BC—Shang Dynasty ends in China.
c. 1102 BC—Maya Calendar counts time from this point.

Significant people

King David is ruler over Israel.
c. 1100 BC—Zarathustra is born.

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

Alphabet made by Phoenicians.
MUL.APIN made by Assyrians: an ancient catalog of constellations.

Millennium:	2nd millennium BC
Centuries:	13th century BC – 12th century BC – 11th century BC
Decades:	1130s BC 1120s BC 1110s BC – 1100s BC – 1090s BC 1080s BC 1070s BC
Years:	1109 BC 1108 BC 1107 BC 1106 BC 1105 BC 1104 BC 1103 BC 1102 BC 1101 BC 1100 BC
Categories:	Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments