Universal history preceded by the Bronze Age. Its date and context vary depending on the country or geographical region. During the 13th to 12th centuries BC, the Ramesside Period occurred in Egypt. Around c. 1200 BC, the Trojan War was thought to have taken place. By c. 1180 BC, the disintegration of the Hittite Empire was underway. In 1046 BC, the Zhou force, led by King Wu of Zhou, overthrows the last king of the Shang Dynasty. The Zhou Dynasty is established in China shortly thereafter. In 1000 BC, the Mannaeans Kingdom begins in Western Asia. Around the 10th to 7th centuries
Ariarathes I of Cappadocia conquering the Achaemenid Empire and installed a governor there (though two different names of this governor are given). Nevertheless, during the time Alexander was ruler of the Achaemenid Empire, Ariarathes had managed to assume power as the first king of Cappadocians and even expanded the kingdom by subduing Cataonia. After the death of Alexander in 323 BC, the Macedonian general and regent Perdiccas appointed Eumenes as governor of Cappadocia; but when Ariarathes refused to submit to Eumenes, Perdiccas made war upon him. Ariarathes was defeated, taken prisoner and crucified, together with many of his relations, in 322 BC. Eumenes then