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[…]
First Hindu text – Vedas
1700 BC-12-01 00:00:00 The Rigveda – oldest existing script in Indian Mythology 77000
Stonehenge
1600 BC-12-01 00:00:00 Ancient construction of the Stonehenge is completed, with work starting in 3100 BC . 78000
Phoenician Empire
1550 BC-12-01 00:00:00 Phoenicia was an ancient civilization in Canaan which covered most of the western, coastal part of the fertile Crescent. Several major Phoenician cities were built on the coastline of the Mediterranean. It[…]
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
Moses and 10 Commandments
1312 BC-12-01 00:00:00 Rabbincal scholars cite 1312 BC as the time Moses went to Mount Sinai in The Bible. 81000
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,[…]
Olmec Civilization
1200 BC-12-01 00:00:00 The mysterious Olmec civilization prospered in Pre-Classical (Formative) Mesoamerica from c. 1200 BCE to c. 400 BCE and is generally considered the forerunner of all subsequent Mesoamerican cultures such as the Maya[…]
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[…]