XIe front century J. - C.

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Events

In Europe, development of the strengthened hills.
Beginning of the Metallurgy of the Iron in Égée and Central Europe.
According to Diodore of Sicily, Phéniciens found Gades (Cadiz) in the kingdom of Tartessos (traffic of the ores), in Spain.

Towards 1070 av. J. - C., in Egypt, under the reign of Ramsès XI, the clergy of Amon, become a true dynasty, seizes the power in High-Egypt. It is the end of the Nouvel Empire.
the Phéniciens become the principal commercial power of the Raising.
the Phrygian , people of the sea, destroy the Empire hittite and occupy the major part of the Anatolia. However, in the east, they are driven back Mésopotamie by Téglatphalasar Ier (v. 1100), then rejected out of Cilicie by Sargon II.
Crumbling of the empire hittite: a mosaic of kingdoms “ néo-hittites ”, of the northern side of the Taurus to the Oronte, organizes itself in the current of the 11th century: the confederation of the Tabal, Milid (Malatya), Kummuhu (Commagène), Gurgum (Marqasi Capital, today Maras), the Cilicie (Capital Adana), kingdoms of Ya' diya (Zencirli), of Karkemish, Pattina (current Hatay), of Alep, the principality of Til Barsip (Such Ahmar), the kingdom of Hama.

the kingdoms “néo-hittites” are occupied by populations Hittites, Hourrites and Sémitique S, but it is the language Luvite which is used everywhere in the monumental or rupestral inscriptions hiéroglyphes.

Reign of Asuhi, king of Karkemish.
According to the Bible, of -1080 with 931 av. J. - C., under the direction of the king Saül then of the king David, the Philistins are contained then pushed back about the year 1000 av. J. - C. the legend of the victory of David on the giant Goliath illustrates the fall of the Philistines.
According to the Bible, David unifies the two Hebrew kingdoms, Juda in the south and Israel in north, in only one kingdom and a power respected in the area. The city of Ourousalim is famous Yéroushalayim (future Jerusalem) about the year 1000 av. J. - C.

Fine of the Dynasty Shang (1000), beginning of the Western Dynasty of the Zhou.
the Bean S and the Soja enter with the millet a system of rotation of crops.
Of the earthenware jars and the pots is manufactured, to which the invoice is close to ritual bronzes, to accompany deaths in their tombs. These antiquated sandstones slightly ochers, show many vitrified stripes and announce to the Céladon S.

the nomads of the steppes of Central Asia base their civilization on the extensive breeding of the horses, the cattle and the sheep.
In Korea, technique of the Bronze moulded reached the peninsula since the China of north.

In North America, beginnings of the culture Adena in the Eastern forests. Rich person burials border artificial hillocks.
In the Andes of the south and the center, development of important companies in the cultures of the old Horizon .
Culture of Paracas on the southern part of the Peru (-1100/-200). Textiles and ceramics.

Arrived of populations Lapita at the Tonga and the Samoa in Western Polynesia.
In the south-east of the Australia, development of large villages of round stone houses.
In Australia, development of a network of exchange to long distance for the ornaments and raw materials.

Objects of bronze parade, discovered in tombs of the 11th century as a Gaulle: armours of Fillinges (Savoy) and Marmesse (the High Marne), wheels, shields, helmets.

Development of the Alphabet phenician.
Expansion of Phéniciens in the Mediterranean region. Beginning of their oceanic voyages.

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