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• 1285 BC - Battle of KadeshThe Battle of Kadesh (also spelled Qadesh took place between Egypt and the Hittite forces of Muwatallis, on the Orontes River, during the reign of Ramesses II ( 1304 1237 BC). It was probably the largest chariot-battle ever fought, with some 5000 vehicles: Rameses II, PharaohThis article refers to the historical Pharaoh. For Pharaoh in the Book of Abraham, see Pharaoh (Book of Abraham). Pharaoh Standard Hebrew Paro Tiberian Hebrew Paroh is a title used to refer to the kings (of godly status) in ancient Egypt. See History of E of Egypt is almost defeated by Muwatallis of the HittitesHittites is the conventional English-language term for an ancient people who spoke an Indo-European language and established a kingdom centered in Hattusa (the modern village of Bogazkoy in todays's north-central Turkey), through most of the second millen.
• 1282 BC - Pandion IIPandion II was son and heir of Cecrops II, King of Athens. He was exiled from Athens by the sons of Metion who sought to put him on the throne. Pandion fled to Megara where he married Pylia, daughter of King Pylas. Later, Pylas went into voluntary exile t, legendary King of AthensBefore the Athenian democracy, the tyrants, and the archons, Athens was ruled by kings. Most of these are probably mythical or only semi-historical. This list is based on that given by Eusebius. Earliest kings These two kings were supposed to have ruled b dies after a nominal reign of 25 years. He reportedly only reigned in MegaraMegara is an ancient city in Attica, Greece, on the Saronic Gulf opposite the island of Salamis, which belonged to Megara in archaic times, before being taken by Athens. Megara was one of the four districts of Attica, embodied in the four mythic sons of K while Athens and the rest of Attica were under the control of an alliance of Nobles led by his uncle Metion (son of Erechtheus of Athens) and his sons (including in some accounts Daedalus). His four sons lead a successful military campaign to regain the throne. Aegeus becomes King of Athens, Nisos reigns in Megara, Lykos in Euboea and Pallas in southern Attica.

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