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| c. 1275 BC |
| | | An indecisve battle between the Hittites and the Egyptians, at Kadesh, stabilizes the frontier between the two empires | |
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| c. 1250 BC |
| | | Moses is with the Hebrew tribes in Sinai, after the exodus from Egypt | |
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| c. 1250 BC |
| | | Not for the first time, the city of Troy is destroyed - on this occasion probably by Mycenaean Greeks | |
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| c. 1250 BC |
| | | The god of the Hebrews, announcing to Moses 'I Am Who I Am', acquires his name - YHWH, meaning 'He Who Is' | |
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| c. 1250 BC |
| | | Ramses II creates a spectacular temple in his own honour at Abu Simbel | |
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| c. 1200 BC |
| | | Mysterious raiders from the sea cause chaos throughout the eastern Mediterranean, from Greece to Palestine and Egypt | |
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| c. 1200 BC |
| | | San Lorenzo develops as the first centre of America's earliest civilization, that of the Olmecs | |
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| c. 1200 BC |
| | | The Philistines settle in the region which, as Palestine, will become known by their name | |
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| c. 1200 BC |
| | | Stone tablets, engraved by Moses to signify God's covenant with his people, are placed in a sacred chest - the ark of the covenant | |
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| c. 1150 BC |
| | | Mycenae and other states of the Peloponnese are overwhelmed by invading Dorian Greeks | |
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