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| c. 1520 BC |
| | Thutmose I extends Egyptian control as far up the Nile as Abu Hamad | |
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| c. 1300 BC |
| | Mycenae prevails as the dominant power throughout the Peloponnese and the entire Aegean | |
| | Mycenae, Lion Gate Fotofile CG
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| c. -850 BC |
| | Citium, in Cyprus, is the first of many Phoenician colonies in the Mediterranean | |
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| c. -814 BC |
| | The traditional date of the founding of Carthage (supposedly by the mythical queen Dido, but in practice by Phoenicians) | |
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| 722 BC |
| | The Assyrians overwhelm the north of Israel and the ten northern tribes vanish from history - the majority of them probably dispersed or sold into slavery | |
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| c. 700 BC |
| | The island of Sicily is colonized from the eastern Mediterranean by both Phoenicians and Greeks | |
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| 689 BC |
| | The Assyrian king, Sennacherib, destroys with great brutality the city of Babylon | |
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| c. 667 BC |
| | Byzantium (the future Constantinople) is founded as a colony of Megara, a Greek city-state | |
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| 663 BC |
| | The Egyptian city of Memphis falls to an Assyrian army, soon to be followed by Thebes | |
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| 612 BC |
| | The Medes and the Babylonians destroy Nineveh and bring to an end the power of Assyria | |
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