B.C.
1400 Minoan (Crete) capital Knossos is destroyed by fire
1400 Temples at Luxor under construction
1400 Iron Age develops in western 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
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
1325 The Israelites turn to idolatry (Judges 3:12)
1325 God delivers Israel into the hands of the Moabites, Ammonites, and Amalekites (Judges 3:12)
1325 The Israelites cry out to God (Judges 3:15)
1325 Ehud becomes judge and kills Eglon, king of Moab (Judges 3:15)
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