General
Population: Perhaps 50 million*
- Religion: Suggested date of the Exodus (1290 BC)
Approximate date of writing of Deuteronomy (1260 BC)
- Deaths: Seti of Egypt (1292 BC)
Africa
- Egypt: Death of Seti, and Ramses II begins to reign (1292 BC)
Egyptians under Ramses II defeated by Hittites under Mutawallis at Battle of Kadesh (Qadesh), but Egypt claims victory - lie believed until recently - 10,000 die in 17 years of war (1298 or 1288 BC)
Egyptians advance into the Levant and are halted by the Hittites (1285 BC)
Ramses II and Hattusilis (Hitties) draw a truce (1283 or 1272 BC)
Possible date of Israelites (1270 BC)
Europe
- Greece: Trojan War begins (1250 BC)
Building of Lion Gate at Mycenae (1250 BC)
Middle East
- General: Possible date of Battle of Kadesh - se 1288 (1275 BC)
- Assyria: Shalmaneser I rules Assyria and conquers (1275 BC)
- Palestine: Suggested date of Joshua's conquest of Canaan and the Exodus (1250 BC)
- Turkey: Start of Middle Anatolia and Lycia to 546 BC (1250 BC)