General
Population: Perhaps 50 million*
- Literature: Epic of Gilgamesh written in Babylon (1900 BC)
Asia
- China: Early Chinese bronzes made at Erlitou (1900 BC)
- India: Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa people in India decline (1900 BC)
Europe
- Britain: Stonehenge stone circle built (1900 BC)
- Crete: Rise of the Minoans (1900 BC)
- Greece: Mycenaean culture develops in Greece (1900 BC)
Middle East
- Assyria: Ashur founded as capital of Assyria (1900 BC)
- Babylon: Hittites conquer Babylon (1925 BC)
- Mesopotamia: Hebrews leave Mesopotamia (1900 BC)