1300s BC
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| Centuries: | 14th century BC - 13th century BC - 12th century BC |
| Decades: | 1330s BC 1320s BC 1310s BC - 1300s BC - 1290s BC 1280s BC 1270s BC |
| Years: | 1303 BC 1302 BC 1301 BC - 1300 BC - 1299 BC 1298 BC 1297 BC |
[edit] Events and trends
- Cecrops II, legendary King of Athens, dies after a reign of 40 years and is succeeded by his son Pandion II. Pandion II was later driven into exile from Athens by the sons of Cecrops II's brother (or possibly nephew) Metion, so that Metion could take power. Pandion II fled to Megara, where he married the King's daughter and eventually inherited the throne. After his death, Pandion II's sons returned to Athens and drove out the sons of Metion.
- 1307 BC - Adad-nirari I becomes king of Assyria.
- 1303 BC - Seti I becomes Pharaoh of Egypt.
- 1300 BC — Pangeng moved the capital of Shang Dynasty to Yin.
- c. 1300 BC - Rise of the Urnfield culture.
- c. 1300 BC - Battle of Kadesh in Syria.
- c. 1300 BC - 1200 BC - Lioness Gate, Mycenae, Greece, were made.
- c. 1300 BC - 1200 BC - Treasury of Atreus, Mycenae, Greece, was built. Excavated by Christos Stamatakis in 1878.
- c. 1300 BC - 1200 BC - The Citadel of Tiryns, Greece, was built.
- c. 1300 BC - 1200 BC - The palace at Pylos was built.
