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19th century BC

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia

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Source revisionJul 12, 2026

Entity authorityQ186674 ↗

Source-derived summary

The 19th century BC was the century that lasted from 1900 BC to 1801 BC.

Events

c. 1900 BC: Transition from Early Helladic III to Middle Helladic culture in Greece.

c. 1900 BC: Minoan Old Palace (Protopalatial) period starts in Crete.

c. 1900 BC: Fall of last Sumerian dynasty.

c. 1900 BC: Late Harappan phase of the Indus Valley civilization begins

c. 1900 BC: The Mokaya along the Pacific coast of present-day Chiapas, Mexico were preparing cacao beverages.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “19th century BC” as century. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1900, 1801—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where 19th and century can be independently traced.

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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as century. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q186674. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1900 and 1801.

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Overview language is designed for orientation and should not be treated as a substitute for the evidence cited beneath it. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “19th century BC” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.