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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. 1345 BC |
| | | The Amarna tablets contain extensive correspondence between the Akhenaten government in Egypt and subject princes in Phoenicia | |
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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 | |
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| 1279 BC |
| | | Ramses II, perhaps the greatest of Egypt's pharaohs, begins a reign of sixty-six years | |
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| c. 1050 BC |
| | | The Zhou defeat the Shang, and establish a new dynasty with a capital at Ch'ang-an (now Xi'an) | |
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| c. 1020 BC |
| | | Saul, anointed king of Israel by Samuel, establishes himself at Gibeah, just north of Jerusalem | |
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| c. 990 BC |
| | | David, already king of Judah and now anointed king of Israel, brings into one realm the twelve tribes of the Israelites | |
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| c. 990 BC |
| | | David captures Jerusalem, which he makes his capital - bringing here the ark of the covenant | |
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