| Egypt |
Near East and Mediterranean |
| Valley of the Kings started |
Mitanni people are ascendant |
| Karnak embellished |
Myceneans establish citadels |
| Deir el-Bahri temples expanded |
Assyrians begin a recovery after |
|
a time of decline |
| Akhenaten reigns at ‘Amarna |
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| Thebes is the capital of Egypt |
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| 1200 b.c.e.-1000 b.c.e. |
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| Ramessids regain lands lost in the |
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| ‘Amarna Period |
Babylon is restored after a time of decline |
| Abu Simbel is opened |
Sea Peoples destroy the power of the |
|
Hittites |
| Per-Ramesses becomes the capital |
The Iron Age commences in the |
| of Egypt |
Mediterranean |
| Treaty established with the Hittites |
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| The Sea Peoples are defeated |
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| The Egyptian Empire is eroded by |
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| internal and external pressures |
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| Amunite priests reach their ascendancy |
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| Medinet Habu is completed |
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| 1000 b.c.e.-700 b.c.e. |
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| Third Interim Period |
Phoenicians establish the city of Carthage |
| Egypt is divided between Tanis and Thebes |
Etruscans settle in the Italian Peninsula |
| Libya assumes control of Egypt |
Assyria collapses as the major power in the |
|
Tigris-Euphrates region |
| Shoshenq conducts campaigns |
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| against the invaders |
Babylon regains its ancient power |
| Egypt is splintered |
The first Olympic Games are held in Greece |
| Nubians take control of part of Egypt |
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| under the leadership of Piankhi |
Homer writes the Iliad |
| Assyrians assault the Nile |
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| Egypt undergoes a cultural renaissance |
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| 600 b.c.e.-300 b.c.e. |
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| Trade and commerce revived under Saites |
Cyrus the Great of Persia conquers Babylon |
| The Persian Empire conquers Egypt |
The Persian capital of Persepolis is founded |
| Egyptians briefly reclaim control |
The first war between Greece and Persia is |
| fought |
| Persians reconquer Egypt |
Athens emerges as the chief political power |
|
in Greece |
| Darius I of Persia codifies laws for Egypt |
Philosophy and art flourish in Greece |
| The last flowering of Egyptian art |
Rome begins its rise to power in the Italian |
| Peninsula |
| Alexander the Great enters Egypt during his |
|
| campaign against the Persian Empire |
Gauls sack Rome |
| Alexandria is founded by Alexander |
Alexander the Great becomes king of |
| the Great |
Macedon and conquers the Persian Empire |
| 300 b.c.e.-30 b.c.e. |
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| Rise of the Ptolemaic dynasty |
Rome and Carthage fight the Punic Wars, |
| leaving Rome master of the Mediterranean |
| A leap year is added to the calendar |
Rome conquers Greece |
| Manetho writes his history |
Pompey the Great campaigns in the East |
