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REL 433 - Biblical Archaeology
Web Based Class
All dates are approximate
| ca. 1,600 BC | glassworking and molding |
| ca. 1,500 BC | chickens introduced (from China); "birds that lay eggs every day" given as tribute by Syria to Thutmose III of Egypt |
| 1,500-1,200BC | the Kassites move into the region (Indo-europeans moving in with horses and chariots) |
| ca. 1,450 BC | High point of Mitanni kingdom - northern Mesopotamia, Hurrian population with Indo-Aryan rulers |
| 1,274-1,245BC | Shalmaneser I of Assyria founds city of Nimrud (Calah) |
| 1,200 BC | Assyrians regain control and drive out the Kassites |
| 1,550-1,150BC | Mycenean (Late Helladic) |
| 1,375-1,335BC | Suppiluliumas becomes king of the Hittites, organizes and extends the kingdom. On the death of Tutankamun, his widow Anchesenamun (daughter of Akhnaten) wrote to Suppiluliumas asking for one of his sons as husband. The young man was murdered on his way to Egypt. |
| ca. 1,365 BC | Hittites conquer Mitanni |
| 1,229 BC | Battle of Kadesh between Egypt (Ramesses II) and Hittites (Muwatallis) |
| ca. 1,200 BC | Decline and disintegration of Hittite Empire |
| 1,550-1,200BC | the "New Kingdom" |
| 1,550-1,525BC | Amosis (Ahmose) leads fight against the Hyksos, founds the 18th dynasty. Amosis captures Avaris, expells Hyksos from Egypt, follows them to Canaan, and captures their city of Sharuhen (possibly Tel el-Ajjul in the Negev) |
| 1,525-1,505BC | Amenhotep I |
| Thutmose I, builds first tomb in the valley of the Kings, extends the Empire to the Euphrates | |
| Thutmose II | |
| Queen Hatshepsut (wife of Thutmose II) | |
| 1,479-1,425BC | Thutmose III - military campaigns in Canaan and Syria |
| Amenhotep II | |
| Amenhotep III - great building programs - Temple at Luxor, expansion of Temple at Karnak | |
| 1,352-1,336BC | Akhnaten (Amenhotep IV) - introduced and enforced worship of "Aten" - represented by the Sun-disk as the source of life. Moved the capital from Thebes to a completely new site "Akhetaten" (now Tell el Amarna). Libraries of correspondence with Hittite, Mittani and other kings. He wrote a "Hymn to Aten". During his reign there was tension with the priests of the other Egyptian deities, aand loss of Egyptian control over other lands. His wife was Nefertiti. |
| Smenkhkare - probably murdered | |
| Tutankamen (Tutankaten) was forced to re-instate old system of gods and godesses. He may have been murdered, or killed in battle. | |
| Ay (a chief priest) tried to take control | |
| Horemheb (general of the army) made himself Pharaoh | |
| Ramesses I (one of Horemheb's soldiers) founded the 19th Dynasty | |
| 1,294-1,279BC | Seti I - military campaigns in Canaan - stele in Beth-Shean |
| 1,300-1,200BC | war against Hittites |
| 1,279-1,213BC | Ramesses II - military campaigns. Made peace with the Hittites and married a Hittite princess. |
| ca. 1,250 BC | Moses leads Israelites out of slavery in Egypt |
| 1,213-1,203 BC | Merneptah (Merenptah) son of Ramesses II - campaigns in Canaan, lists the people of Israel amongst his enemies (first known mention of "Israel") |
| ca. 1,200 BC | Ramesses III - repels the "Sea Peoples" and the "Peleset" (probably Philistines) who then settle along the mediterranean coast of Canaan. |
| Cities with tunnels to water-supply (Megiddo, Jerusalem). Trade with Egypt, Mesopotamia, Aegean (Mycenean & Minoan) |
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| Canaanites in Byblos develop a linear alphabet | |
| Edomites and Moabites moving into regions East of Dead Sea |
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