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Events relating to asia
The characters written in Chinese documents of the Shang dynasty are directly related to those still in use today
Babylon is destroyed by the Hittites, invaders from Anatolia, but reestablishes itself in subsequent centuries
Indo-European tribes, known collectively as Aryans, enter India from the northwest
The camel, in both its single-humped and double-humped varieties, is domesticated in north Africa and Asia
The Chinese develop a form of scroll, made of strips of bamboo threaded together and rolled up like a wooden blind
The composite bow, accurate to 200 yards, is used by warriors in Asia fighting from chariots and on horseback
The first steps towards a phonetic alphabet are taken in Phoenicia
The Hittites, in Anatolia, are the first people to work iron - introducing what is later called the Iron Age
The Aryans bring into India the roots of Hinduism, with the Brahmans as a priestly caste
Sacrificial hymns of the Aryans, gathered in the Rigveda, become the earliest Sanskrit literature
The Egyptian pharaoh Thutmose III defeats his enemies at Megiddo, in history's first fully described battle and siege
The Great City Shang, on a site later known as An-yang, develops as the capital of China's first dynasty
Chopsticks are in use in China, with bronze versions featuring in Shang tombs
Ancestor worship, a central theme of Chinese history, is practised by the royal family and high nobility in Shang times
China produces superb bronzes, in the ritual vessels for sacrifices to the ancestors
Chinese priests record on oracle bones the result of their divination, thus providing the earliest examples of Chinese characters
An indecisve battle between the Hittites and the Egyptians, at Kadesh, stabilizes the frontier between the two empires
Moses is with the Hebrew tribes in Sinai, after the exodus from Egypt
Not for the first time, the city of Troy is destroyed - on this occasion probably by Mycenaean Greeks
The god of the Hebrews, announcing to Moses 'I Am Who I Am', acquires his name - YHWH, meaning 'He Who Is'
Mysterious raiders from the sea cause chaos throughout the eastern Mediterranean, from Greece to Palestine and Egypt
The Philistines settle in the region which, as Palestine, will become known by their name
Stone tablets, engraved by Moses to signify God's covenant with his people, are placed in a sacred chest - the ark of the covenant
The Phoenicians develop the war galley, with a sharp battering ram in the bow
Phoenician sailors use the pole star for navigational purposes
