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1599
Olmec Culture develops (1600-1500)
1598
1597
1596 Inyotef VI - (Egypt XVII) Sekhemre-wepma'at
Inyotef VII +- (Egypt XVII) Sekhemre-herherma'at
Djehuti'o I + (Egypt XVII) Senekhtenre Ta'o
1595 Kassite Dynasty begins
Hittites under King Mursili defeat Babylon
Sack of Babylon?
Samsu-ditana - (Babylon I end)
1594
1593
1592
1591 Sack of Babylon (middle chronology)
Djehuti'o I - (Egypt XVII) Senekhtenre Ta'o
Djehuti'o II + (Egypt XVII) Seqenenre Ta'o
1590 Mursili I - (Hittite)
Hantili + (Hittite)
1589
1588
1587
1586
1585
1584
1583
1582 Ammi-Saduqa + (Babylon) (1582-1562 SC)
1581 Ammi-Saduqa ... (Babylon) (1582-1562 SC)
1580 Ammi-Saduqa ... (Babylon) (1582-1562 SC)
1579 Ammi-Saduqa ... (Babylon) (1582-1562 SC)
1578 Ammi-Saduqa ... (Babylon) (1582-1562 SC)
1577 Ammi-Saduqa ... (Babylon) (1582-1562 SC)
1576 Djehuti'o II - (Egypt XVII) Seqenenre Ta'o
Kamose + (Egypt XVII) Wadjkheperre
Ammi-Saduqa ... (Babylon) (1582-1562 SC)
1575 Ammi-Saduqa ... (Babylon) (1582-1562 SC)
1574 Ammi-Saduqa ... (Babylon) (1582-1562 SC)
1573 Ammi-Saduqa ... (Babylon) (1582-1562 SC)
1572 Ammi-Saduqa ... (Babylon) (1582-1562 SC)
1571 Ammi-Saduqa ... (Babylon) (1582-1562 SC)
1570 EGYPTIAN NEW KINGDOM (-1090) Thebes Capital
Temple of Amun at Karnak construction begins
Hyksos expelled from Egypt
Egyptian Dynasty XVIII (1570-1293) cofc.edu New Kingdom
Egypt XIII - XVII - (2nd Intermediate - )
Egypt XVIII +
Kamose - (Egypt XVII) Wadjkheperre
Ahmose I + (Egypt XVIII) New Kingdom
Ammi-Saduqa ... (Babylon) (1582-1562 SC)
1569 Aaqenenre/Auserre - (Egypt XV) Hyksos ruler (early/late) (Apopi)
Aasehre Khamudi + (Egypt XV) Hyksos ruler
Ammi-Saduqa ... (Babylon) (1582-1562 SC)
1568 Ammi-Saduqa ... (Babylon) (1582-1562 SC)
1567 Ammi-Saduqa ... (Babylon) (1582-1562 SC)
1566 Ammi-Saduqa ... (Babylon) (1582-1562 SC)
1565 Ammi-Saduqa ... (Babylon) (1582-1562 SC)
1564 Ammi-Saduqa ... (Babylon) (1582-1562 SC)
1563 Ammi-Saduqa ... (Babylon) (1582-1562 SC)
Tai Wu - (China) Shang
1562 Ammi-Saduqa + (Babylon) (1582-1562 SC)
Zhong Ding + (China) Shang
1561
1560 Aasehre Khamudi - (Egypt XV) Hyksos ruler
Hantili - (Hittite)
Zindanta I + (Hittite)
1559
1558
1557
1556
1555
1554
1553
1552
1551 Amenhotep I + (Egypt XVIII) New Kingdom
1550 Hyksos expelled from Egypt
New model Egyptian army using chariotry and composite bows
Wheeled vehicles become common (-1200)
Bronze and labor saving devices: bellows for blacksmiths; the shadoof for watering gardens (-1200)
Chickens introduced (-1200)
EGYPTIAN NEW KINGDOM +
Zindanta I - (Hittite)
Ammuna + (Hittite)
Zhong Ding - (China) Shang
1549 Wai Ren + (China) Shang
1548
1547
1546 Ahmose I - (Egypt XVIII) New Kingdom
1545
1544
1543
1542
1541
1540
1539
1538
1537
1536
1535 Wai Ren - (China) Shang
1534 He Dan Jia + (China) Shang
1533
1532
1531 Sack of Babylon (short chronology)
1530 Ammuna - (Hittite)
Huzziya I + (Hittite)
1529
1528 Thutmose I + (Egypt)
1527
1526 He Dan Jia - (China) Shang
1525 Thutmose I claims Syria to Euphrates - consequent war with the Mitanni intermittent until 1410
Huzziya I - (Hittite)
Telipinu + -? (Hittite)
Tahurwaili +? -? (Hittite)
1524 Amenhotep I - (Egypt XVIII) New Kingdom
Tuthmosis I + (Egypt XVIII) New Kingdom
1523 Shang Dynasty begins according to Bamboo Annals (-1027)
1522
1521
1520
1519
1518 Tuthmosis I - (Egypt XVIII) New Kingdom
Tuthmosis II + (Egypt XVIII) New Kingdom
1517
1516
1515
1514
1513
1512
1511
1510
1509
1508
1507
1506 Zu Xin + (China) Shang
1505
1504 Tuthmosis II - (Egypt XVIII) New Kingdom
Tuthmosis III + (Egypt XVIII) (1504-1450) 6th Pharaoh New Kingdom
1503 Queen Hatshepsut + (Egypt XVIII) New Kingdom (1498+)
1502
1501
1500 Octopus Vase (Crete)
Invention of alphabetic writing in Syria
Mohenjo-Daro in Indus Valley destroyed
Vedic Aryans invade and destroy Indus civilization - establish Aryavarta as their homeland (-1200)
Earliest hymns of the Rig Veda (-1200)
Middle Elamite Period (-1100)
Alluwamna +? - (Hittite)
Hantili II + -? (Hittite)
Zidanta I +? -? (Hittite)
Huzziya II +? -? (Hittite)
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