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B.C.
1400 Conquest of Canaan completed
1400 Minoan (Crete) capital Knossos is destroyed by fire
1400 Temples at Luxor under construction
1400 Iron Age develops in W. Asia and India
1377 Amenhotep IV ascends to the throne in Egypt
1377 Amenhotep IV introduces sun worship and does away with old gods
1377 Amenhotep IV names himself Akhnaton after Aton the Sun-god
1375 Suppiluliumas becomes a powerful Hittite king in Asia Minor
1375 Othniel becomes judge
1366 Assuruballit I becomes king of Assyria and they rise to power
1361 Tutankhaman (boy-king) succeeds Akhnaton
1361 The worship of the old Egyptian gods is restored
1319 Ehud becomes judge
1318 Rameses I founds the 19th dynasty in Egypt
1313 Seti (Son of Rameses) makes conquests in Palestine and Syria
1304 Rameses II (The Great) becomes pharaoh of Egypt
1300 Abu Simbel (great rock temples) construction begins
1300 Sidon gains fame as a great Phoenician port