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

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.