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| c. 1500 BC |
| | | The Jews adopt a long-established Egyptian ritual - the circumcision of boys | |
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| c. 1500 BC |
| | | The gods Amen and Re are merged at Thebes as Amen-Re, the most important deity in the Egyptian pantheon | |
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| c. 1500 BC |
| | | The Aryans bring into India the roots of Hinduism, with the Brahmans as a priestly caste | |
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| c. 1500 BC |
| | | Sacrificial hymns of the Aryans, gathered in the Rigveda, become the earliest Sanskrit literature | |
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| c. 1400 BC |
| | | Ancestor worship, a central theme of Chinese history, is practised by the royal family and high nobility in Shang times | |
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| c. 1400 BC |
| | | China produces superb bronzes, in the ritual vessels for sacrifices to the ancestors | |
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| c. 1380 BC |
| | | The pharaoh Amenhotep III commissions the great temple to Amen-Re at Luxor | |
|  | Luxor, the Great Temple of Amun
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| c. 1353 BC |
| | | The Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep IV adopts a new deity, Aten, and changes his name to Akhenaten | |
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| c. 1333 BC |
| | | With the return to favour of the god Amen, the young Tutankhaten's name is changed to Tutankhamun | |
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| c. 1300 BC |
| | | Chinese priests record on oracle bones the result of their divination, thus providing the earliest examples of Chinese characters | |
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