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Event archaeological Europe

Sardis

1200 BCE

Capital of ancient Lydia in western Turkey, where the world's first coins were minted from electrum.

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Standing in 1200 BCE

Records whose own span was running in this exact year.

Egypt Polity · Middle East 3000 BCE – 2026 CE Greek city-states Polity · Europe 1500 BCE – 300 BCE Celts Polity · Europe Founded 1200 BCE · attested to 100 BCE Plitvice Lakes Landmark · Europe 3000 BCE – still standing Giant's Causeway Landmark · Europe 3000 BCE – still standing Danube Delta Landmark · Europe 3000 BCE – still standing

Around the same time

The nearest dated moments on either side.

1274 BCE Egyptian–Hittite Wars 1264 BCE Abu Simbel 1208 BCE Sea Peoples Invasions 1200 BCE Ha'amonga 'a Maui 1200 BCE Sanxingdui 1194 BCE Trojan War & Late Bronze Age Conflicts