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// Overview Events 1344 BCE â 1322 BCE -- Beginning of Hittite empire Rise of the Urnfield culture Significant persons Akhenaten, Pharaoh of Egypt Tutankhamun, Pharaoh of Egypt Suppiliulima, king of the Hittites Moses Inventions, discoveries, introductions Template:DecadesAndYearsBCE Category: 14th century BCE ...
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Overview
Events - 1504 BC – 1492 BC -- Egypt conquers Nubia and the Levant.
- 1490s BC - Cranaus, legendary King of Athens, is deposed after a reign of 10 years by his son-in-law Amphictyon of Thessaly, son of Deucalion and Pyrrha.
- 1487 BC - Amphictyon, son of Deucalion and Pyrrha and legendary King of Athens, dies after a reign of 10 years and is succeeded by Erichthonius I of Athens, a grandson of Cranaus.
- c. 1469 BC - In the Battle of Megiddo, Egypt defeats Canaan.
- 1460s BC - The Kassites overrun Babylonia and found a dynasty there which lasts for 576 years and nine months.
- 1456 BC—According to some chronologies, Moses leads the Exodus of the Jews from Egypt.
- 1437 BC - Legendary King Erichthonius I of Athens dies after a reign of 50 years and is succeeded by his son Pandion.
- Approximately 1420 BC - Crete conquered by Mycenae - start of the Mycenaean period.
- 1420 BC -- Hebrew Exodus from Egypt (one proposed date).
- 1400 BC - Palace of Minos destroyed by fire.
- 1400s BC - Several board games, including Alquerque, carved into the roof of the temple at Kurna, Egypt - see History of board games.
- 1400s BC - Linear A reaches its peak of popularity.
- 1400s BC - The height of the Canaanite town of Ugarit.
- Myceneans conquers Greece and border of Anatolia.
- The Tumulus culture flourishes.
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Today Nubia is the region in the south of Egypt, along the Nile and in northern Sudan, but in ancient times it was an independent kingdom. ...
The Levant Levant is an imprecise geographical term historically referring to a large area in the Middle East south of the Taurus Mountains, bounded by the Mediterranean Sea on the west, and by the northern Arabian Desert and Upper Mesopotamia to the east. ...
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In Greek mythology, Cranaus was the second King of Athens, succeeding Cecrops I. He was autochthonous (born from the earth), like his predecessor. ...
Before the Athenian democracy, the tyrants, and the archons, Athens was ruled by kings. ...
Amphictyon, in Greek mythology, was the second son of Deucalion and Pyrrha, although there was also a tradition that he was autochthonous (born from the earth). ...
Map showing Thessaly periphery in Greece Thessaly (ÎεÏÏαλια; modern Greek ThessalÃa; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is one of the 13 peripheries of Greece, and is further sub-divided into 4 prefectures. ...
Deucalion In Greek mythology, Deucalion, or Deukálion (new-wine sailor) was the name of at least two figures: a son of Prometheus, and a son of Minos. ...
Deucalion and Pyrrha throwing rocks that become babies. ...
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Amphictyon, in Greek mythology, was the second son of Deucalion and Pyrrha, although there was also a tradition that he was autochthonous (born from the earth). ...
Deucalion In Greek mythology, Deucalion, or Deukálion (new-wine sailor) was the name of at least two figures: a son of Prometheus, and a son of Minos. ...
Deucalion and Pyrrha throwing rocks that become babies. ...
Before the Athenian democracy, the tyrants, and the archons, Athens was ruled by kings. ...
King Erichthonius (also called Erechtheus I) was, according to some legends, autochthonous (born of the soil), and in other accounts he was the son of Hephaestus and Gaia or Athena or Atthis. ...
In Greek mythology, Cranaus was the second King of Athens, succeeding Cecrops I. He was autochthonous (born from the earth), like his predecessor. ...
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The Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC) was fought between Egyptian forces under the command of the pharaoh Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Kadesh. ...
For other uses, see Canaan (disambiguation). ...
Centuries: 16th century BC - 15th century BC - 14th century BC Decades: 1510s BC 1500s BC 1490s BC 1480s BC 1470s BC - 1460s BC - 1450s BC 1440s BC 1430s BC 1420s BC 1410s BC Events and Trends In the Battle of Megiddo, Egypt defeats Canaan (1469 BC) The Kassites overran Babylonia...
The Kassites were a Near Eastern mountain tribe of obscure origins, who spoke a non-Indo-European, non-Semitic language. ...
Babylonia, named for the city of Babylon, was an ancient state in Mesopotamia (in modern Iraq), combining the territories of Sumer and Akkad. ...
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Moses or Móshe (×ֹש×Ö¶×, Standard Hebrew Móše, Tiberian Hebrew MÅÅ¡eh, Arabic Ù
ÙØ³Ù Musa), son of Amram and his wife, Jochebed, a Levite. ...
Exodus is the second book of the Torah (the Pentateuch) and also the Tanakh (the Hebrew Bible), and the Christian Old Testament. ...
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King Erichthonius (also called Erechtheus I) was, according to some legends, autochthonous (born of the soil), and in other accounts he was the son of Hephaestus and Gaia or Athena or Atthis. ...
Pandion can have several meanings. ...
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Crete (Greek ÎÏήÏη / Kriti) is the largest of the Greek islands and the fifth largest in the Mediterranean Sea. ...
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The Mycenean Period covers the latter part of the Bronze Age on the Greek mainland. ...
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Exodus is the second book of the Torah (the Pentateuch) and also the Tanakh (the Hebrew Bible), and the Christian Old Testament. ...
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A board game is any game played with a premarked surface, with counters or pieces that are moved across the board. ...
Alquerque (also known as Quirkat) is a board game that is thought to have originated in the Middle East. ...
A board game is any game played with a premarked surface, with counters or pieces that are moved across the board. ...
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Linear A etched on tablets found in Akrotiri, Santorini. ...
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Canaanite can describe anything pertaining to Canaan: in particular, its languages and inhabitants. ...
Entrance to the Palace of Ugarit Ugarit (modern site Ras Shamra رأس Ø´Ù
رة; in Arabic) 35°35´ N; 35°45´E) was an ancient cosmopolitan port city, sited on the Mediterranean coast of northern Syria a few kilometers north of the modern city of Latakia. ...
This article is about the Greek archaeological site. ...
Asia Minor lies east of the Bosporus, between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean. ...
The Tumulus culture which followed the Únêtice, and from which they descended, dominated central Europe during much of the second part of the second millenium B.C.E.. As the name implies, the Tumulus culture is distinguished by the practice of burying the dead beneath burial mounds. ...
Significant persons Carved sphinx with face of Hatshepsut, Cairo Museum Maatkare Hatshepsut (c. ...
Pharaoh (Hebrew ×¤Ö¼Ö·×¨Ö°×¢Ö¹× (without niqqud: פרע×), Standard Hebrew ParÊ¿o, Tiberian Hebrew ParÊ¿Åh, Arabic ÙØ±Ø¹ÙÙ) is a title used to refer to the kings (of godly status) in ancient Egypt. ...
Known rulers, in the History of Egypt, for the Eighteenth Dynasty. ...
1498 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Thutmose III (also written as Tuthmosis III; called Manahpi(r)ya in the Amarna letters) (? - 1426 BC), was Pharaoh of Egypt in the Eighteenth Dynasty. ...
Pharaoh (Hebrew ×¤Ö¼Ö·×¨Ö°×¢Ö¹× (without niqqud: פרע×), Standard Hebrew ParÊ¿o, Tiberian Hebrew ParÊ¿Åh, Arabic ÙØ±Ø¹ÙÙ) is a title used to refer to the kings (of godly status) in ancient Egypt. ...
Known rulers, in the History of Egypt, for the Eighteenth Dynasty. ...
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nomen or birth name Aakheperure Amenhotep II (d. ...
Pharaoh (Hebrew ×¤Ö¼Ö·×¨Ö°×¢Ö¹× (without niqqud: פרע×), Standard Hebrew ParÊ¿o, Tiberian Hebrew ParÊ¿Åh, Arabic ÙØ±Ø¹ÙÙ) is a title used to refer to the kings (of godly status) in ancient Egypt. ...
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