1290s BC
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Centuries: 14th century BC - 13th century BC - 12th century BC
Decades: 1340s BC 1330s BC 1320s BC 1310s BC 1300s BC - 1290s BC - 1280s BC 1270s BC 1260s BC 1250s BC 1240s BC
Events and trends
- 1295 BC - End of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt, start of the Nineteenth Dynasty.
- 1295 BC, February 22 - The coronation of Ramses II, on whose face the sun's rays fall each year in Abu Simbel temple.
- 1290 BC, December 15 - Seti I, Pharaoh of Egypt dies.
- 1290 BC, December 15 - Ramesses II becomes Pharaoh of Egypt.
- Destruction of Troy VIIa, most likely candidate for a historical event underlying the legendary Trojan War.
Significant people
- Seti I of Egypt.
- Ramesses II of Egypt (1290 BC)
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