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13th century BC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (755 words) |
 | 1250 BC - Wu Ding emperor of Shang Dynasty to 1192 BC. |
 | Merneptah, Pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt (1212 BC - 1202 BC). |
 | Amenemses, Pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt (1202 BC - 1199 BC). |
| Minoan civilization: Information from Answers.com (4488 words) |
 | B.C. Early Minoan saw the slow rise of the culture from a neolithic state with the importation of metals, the tentative use of bronze, and the appearance of a hieroglyphic writing. |
 | The beginning of its Bronze Age, around 2600 BC, was a period of great unrest in Crete, and also marks the beginning of Crete as an important center of civilization. |
 | A short time after the LMIB/LMII catastrophe, around 1420 BC, the island was conquered by the Mycenaeans, who adapted Linear A Minoan script as Linear B for their Mycenaean language, a form of Greek. |