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Encyclopedia > 1170s BC

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


Decades: 1220s BC 1210s BC 1200s BC 1190s BC 1180s BC - 1170s BC - 1160s BC 1150s BC 1140s BC 1130s BC 1120s BC

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  • April 16, 1178 BC - A solar eclipse may mark the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca to his Kingdom after the Trojan War. He discovers a number of suitors rivaling to marry his wife Penelope, believed to be a widow, in order to succeed him in the throne. He organizes their slaying and re-establishes himself on the throne.

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Kingdoms of the Levant - Israelites (2811 words)
853 BC Ahab of Samaria and eleven other local kings, including Ben-Hadad of Damascus, Irhuleni of Hamath, and the king of Edom, fight Shalmaneser III of Assyria in a battle which consists of the largest known number of combatants to date, and is the first historical mention of the Arabs from the southern deserts.
853 BC Ahab and eleven other local kings, including Ben-Hadad of Damascus, Irhuleni of Hamath, and the king of Edom, fight Shalmaneser III of Assyria in a battle which consists of the largest known number of combatants to date, and is the first historical mention of the Arabs from the southern deserts.
From 925 BC Jerusalem was the capital of the southern division of two of the twelve Israelite tribes.
1170s BC (114 words)
1170s BC 1170s BC Centuries: 13th century BC - 12th century BC - 11th century BC
April 16, 1178 BC - A solar eclipse may mark the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca to his Kingdom after the Trojan War.
He discovers a number of suitors rivaling to marry his wife Penelope, believed to be a widow, in order to succeed him in the throne.
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