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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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| c. 1250 BC |
| | | The god of the Hebrews, announcing to Moses 'I Am Who I Am', acquires his name - YHWH, meaning 'He Who Is' | |
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| c. 1200 BC |
| | | Stone tablets, engraved by Moses to signify God's covenant with his people, are placed in a sacred chest - the ark of the covenant | |
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| c. 1000 BC |
| | | The Jews write down the Torah, the earliest part of the text subsequently known to Christians as the Old Testament | |
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| c. 1000 BC |
| | | The Israelites, settled in Canaan, become the first people in history to decide that their god is the only god | |
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