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1120s BC

Centuries: 13th century BC - 12th century BC - 11th century BC

Decades: 1170s BC 1160s BC 1150s BC 1140s BC 1130s BC - 1120s BC - 1110s BC 1100s BC 1090s BC 1080s BC 1070s BC

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Zhou Wu Wang[?] overthrows the Chinese King Zhou Hsin[?](Wade-Giles) (Zhou Xin in Pinyin) and founds the Zhou (PY) (Chou W-G) Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC - 256 BC).
1122 BC - Legendary founding date of the city of Pyongyang.

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