Century

13th century BCE

The years 1300 – 1201 BCE. The atlas records 49 events begun in them: the most significant follow, region by region, with the realms of the age and its wonders, trade routes, faiths and great people.

EGYPTIAN EMPIREHATTISHANG DYNASTY
The world in 1250 BCE
  • Realms with a page of their own
  • Others the atlas draws, from Cliopatria

Headlines

The most significant events, wherever they happened
  1. 1258 – 1180 BCETrojan WarEvent · Middle East
  2. May 1274 BCEBattle of KadeshBattle · Middle East
  3. 1259 BCEEgyptian–Hittite peace treatyTreaty · Middle East
  4. 1250 BCEBattle of the Tollense RiverBattle · Europe
  5. 1237 BCEBattle of NihriyaBattle · Middle East
  6. 13th century – 10th century BCEIsraelite highland settlementEvent · Middle East
  7. 1274 BCEConstruction of Abu SimbelConstruction · North Africa
  8. 1260 BCEFall of MitanniCollapse · Middle East

Around the world

The most significant of the rest, in each region

Realms of the age

Our civilizations alive in these years, by home region. Each track is the century, its bar the realm’s years.

North Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa

Middle East

Europe

East Asia

Mesoamerica and the Caribbean

  • Maya2nd millennium BCE – 1521 CE · culture sphere

Wonders

Being built, or standing

Standing

Trade routes

Carrying trade in these years

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