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( 3rd millennium BC4th millennium BC 3rd millennium BC 2nd millennium BC other millennia) Events Foundation of the city of Mari ( Syria) ( 29th century BC ) Creation of the Kingdom of Elam ( Iraq) Germination of the Bristlecone pine tree "Methuselah" about 2700 BC, the olde - 2nd millennium BC3rd millennium BC 2nd millennium BC 1st millennium BC other millennia) Events Second dynasty of Babylon First Bantu migrations from west Africa Hittites Old Kingdom in Anatolia ( 1900 BC) Civilization in Palestine ( 1800 BC) Middle Kingdom in Egypt ( 2052 - 1st millennium BC2nd millennium BC 1st millennium BC 1st millennium AD other millennia) Events The Iron Age began in Western Europe Egypt declined as a major power The Tanakh was written Buddhism was founded Cyrus the Great conquered Babylon and created the Persian Empire)
1 Events
- 1295 BC - End of the Eighteenth dynasty of EgyptThe Eighteenth Dynasty was founded by Ahmose, the son of Kamose, the last ruler of the Seventeenth Dynasty. Ahmose finished the campaign to expel the hated Hyksos rulers. With this dynasty, the Second Intermediate Period of Egypt ended, and the New Kingdo, start of the Nineteenth DynastyHistory of Ancient Egypt, Nineteenth Dynasty The Nineteenth Dynasty was founded by Ramesses I, to whom Horemheb willed the throne. This period is best known for its military conquests in modern Israel, Lebanon, and Syria. At least as early as Josephus, it
- 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 almost defeated by Hittites.
- 1269 BC - Ramses II and Hattusilis III , king of the Hittites, sign the earliest known peace treaty.
2 Significant persons
3 Inventions, Discoveries, Introductions
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