1290s BC
Decade
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The 1290s BC is a decade that lasted from 1299 BC to 1290 BC.
Events and trends
- 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 Dynasty and start of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt.[3]
Significant people
- Ramesses I, Egyptian pharaoh, crowned.
- Shalmaneser I, king of Assyria, born (approximate date).
- Ramesses II ("the Great"), Egyptian pharaoh, born (approximate date).
