1450-1300. The Hittite realm in Syria attains its greatest power. The Egyptians knew the Hittites as the Khita or Khatta. Recent discoveries indicate that they formed a civilized and powerful nation. Many inscriptions and rock sculptures in Asia Minor, formerly inexplicable, are now attributed to the Hittites of the Bible.
1330. Rameses II of Egypt; the Sesostris of the Greeks.
1300. Shalmaneser I reigns in Assyria.
1250. The Phoenicians, closely allied in language to the Hebrews, begin their colonizing career.
1235. Probable date of the consolidation of Athens, [See "THESEUS FOUNDS ATHENS," i, 45.]
1200. Exodus of Israel from Egypt.
[FORMATION OF THE CASTES IN INDIA," See i, 52.]
1184. [FALL OF TROY." See i, 70.]
1122. Wou Wang becomes emperor of China.
1120. Beginning of the reign of Tiglath-Pileser, King of Assyria.