The 1290s BC is a decade which lasted from 1299 BC to 1290 BC.
Events and trends
edit- c. 1295 BC–1186 BC–Great Temple of Amun, Karnak, is built in the New Kingdom of Egypt.[1]
- c. 1294 BC–Egyptian–Hittite Wars.[2]
- 1292 BC—Coronation of Pharaoh Ramesses I of Egypt marks the end of the Eighteenth Dynsasty and start of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt.[3]
Significant people
edit- Ramesses I, Egyptian pharaoh, crowned.
- Shalmaneser I, king of Assyria, born (approximate date).
- Ramesses II ("the Great"), Egyptian pharaoh, born (approximate date).
References
edit- ^ White, Jamila. "Wonders: City of Jebel Barkal - Black Kingdoms of the Nile episode". PBS. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
- ^ Lanning, Michael Lee (April 2005). Battle 100: The Stories Behind History's Most Influential Battles. ISBN 9781402224751.
- ^ Jürgen von Beckerath, Chronologie des Äegyptischen Pharaonischen (Mainz: Phillip von Zabern, 1997), p.190.
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