The Code of Hammurabi

1780 BC-12-01 00:00:00 The Code consists of 282 laws, with scaled punishments, adjusting “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth” (lex talionis)[1] as graded depending on social status, of slave versus free[…]

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Phaistos Disc

1700 BC-12-01 00:00:00 Discovered in 1907 in the Minoan palace of Phaistos in Crete, the disk has been the subject of many an interpretation attempt. However, the small total body of text – it consists[…]

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Thutmose 1

1493 BC-12-01 00:00:00 Thutmose I, (flourished 2nd millennium bce), 18th-dynasty king of ancient Egypt (reigned 1493–c. 1482 bce) who expanded Egypt’s empire in Nubia (in present-day Sudan) and also penetrated deep into Syria. 80000

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The Merneptah Stela

1213 BC-01-01 00:00:00 The Merneptah stela is an Egyptian monument constructed to glorify the achievements of Pharaoh Merneptah (1213-1203 BCE), the successor to Ramesses II. It is, specifically a 7.5-foot-high basalt monument, written in hieroglyphics,[…]

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Iron Age in Europe

1200 BC-12-01 00:00:00 The date of the full Iron Age, in which this metal for the most part replaced bronze in implements and weapons, varied geographically, beginning in the Middle East and southeastern Europe about[…]

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