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| c. 1700 BC |
| | | The Hittites build an empire based on their stronghold at Hattusa (now Bogazkale) in Anatolia | |
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| c. 1630 BC |
| | | The Hyksos, arriving from the middle east, win control of Egypt and rule for a century | |
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| c. 1540 BC |
| | | The New Kingdom begins in Egypt, bringing the most spectacular of all the dynasties | |
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| c. 1531 BC |
| | | Babylon is destroyed by the Hittites, invaders from Anatolia, but reestablishes itself in subsequent centuries | |
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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. 1490 BC |
| | | Hatshepsut takes power in Egypt, and is unusual in being a female pharaoh | |
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| c. 1400 BC |
| | | The Great City Shang, on a site later known as An-yang, develops as the capital of China's first dynasty | |
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| c. 1350 BC |
| | | The pharaoh Akhenaten creates a new capital city on the Nile at Tell el Amarna | |
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| c. 1324 BC |
| | | The young Egyptian pharaoh, Tutankhamun, dies and is buried in a suitable tomb | |
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| c. 1300 BC |
| | | Mycenae prevails as the dominant power throughout the Peloponnese and the entire Aegean | |
|  | Mycenae, Lion Gate
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