1100s BC (decade)

• 1104 BC—Foundation of Cádiz, Spain. • 1100 BC—Tiglath-Pileser I of Assyria conquers the Hittites. • —Maya Calendar counts time from this point. • —The Dorians invade Ancient Greece. • —Mycenaean era ends with the destruction of that civilization. The collapse of Mycenaean dominance starts. • —Late Minoan culture ends. • —Greek Dark Ages begin. • —Beginning of the proto-Villanovan culture in northern Italy. • —The New Kingdom in Egypt comes to an end. • —The Shang dynasty ends in China. • —Kurukshetra War begins in Later Vedic period in Kuru kingdom. ==Significant people==

• c. 1102 BC—Samuel is born. ==Inventions, discoveries, introductions==

• Alphabet, developed by Phoenicians. • MUL.APIN, developed by Assyrians: an ancient catalog of constellations. ==References==