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B.C.
1300 Abu Simbel (great rock temples) construction begins
1300 Sidon gains fame as a great Phoenician port
1298 Battle of Qadash between Egypt and the Hittites (stalemate)
1285 Rameses II makes peace with the Hittites
1275 Shalmaneser I becomes king in Assyria and expands its territory
1240 Deborah and Barak judge Israel