Historical and Political Snippets in Time
The following entries mark events of historical or political significance
over the period 1500 B.C. through 1001 B.C.
- -1500 to -1001
- The Phrygians migrate from Thrace to Asia Minor
- Chiapa de Carzo, earliest known settlement in Mexico
- Thutmose III (-1480 to -1450) extends Egyptian empire along eastern
Mediterranean, to banks of Euphrates, and to upper Nile
- Under the peaceful reign of Amenhotep III (-1420 to -1385) Egyptian
trade and culture flourish
- The Phoenicians reach Malta
- Amenhotep IV (Pharoah Ikhnaton, -1385 to -1358) builds new residence
in Amarna; attempts revolutionary changes in army and priesthood,
later annulled by Tutankhamen
- 19th dynasty (Seti I, Ramses II and III, -1350 to -1200) moves seat
of government to Memphis, reestablishes pre-Ikhnaton status
- King Shalmaneser I establishes Assyrian supremacy; founds first city
of Nimrud
- The Israelites, led by Moses, leave Egypt, reach Canaan
- Phoenicians become the predominant trading power in Mediterranean
area
- 20th dynasty in Egypt (-1200 to -1090); decline of power begins
- Crossing of the Jordan by the Israelites
- Destruction of Troy during Trojan War (-1193, sixth level)
- Nebuchadnezzar I, king of Babylon (-1146 to -1123)
- Chou dynasty succeeds Shang dynasty (-1122 to -480)
- Tiglath-pileser I (-1116 to -1077) founds Assyrian Empire and
fortifies it against migrating peoples from the north; conquers
Babylon
- Ethiopia becomes independent power
- The Dorians conquer the Peloponnesus
- 21st dynasty in Egypt (-1090 to -945); civil war under Ramses XI
- Abolition of monarchy in Athens; Medon becomes first archon
- Saul becomes first king of Israel (-1002 to -1000) and is
defeated by the Philistines
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