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
Eudocia (Cappadocia) Eudocia (Cappadocia) Although William Smith's "Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography" (1854) said that the "Synecdemus" of Hierocles mentions four towns in Asia Minor called Eudocia (), including one in Cappadocia, the text of the "Synecdemus" as edited by Gustav Parthey in 1866 mentions no town of that name or of any similar name among the Cappadocian towns. Smith also said that the town had formerly belonged to the Anatolian Theme but Leo VI incorporated it into Cappadocia. The "Synecdemus" was composed, under Justinian (527–565), before 535, three and a half centuries before the time of Leo VI, who reigned