2nd millennium BC
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Millennia - Millennium in Review 2nd millennium BC
3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC
Centuries: 20th century BC, 19th century BC, 18th century BC, 17th century BC, 16th century BC, 15th century BC, 14th century BC, 13th century BC, 12th century BC, 11th century BC
Events:
- Second dynasty of Babylon
- Hittite empire in Anatolia (1900)
- Captivity of the Jews in Egypt
- Middle Kingdom in Egypt (2052-1570).
- Egyptian domination in Palestinia and Syria (1600-1360)
- Conquest of Canaan by the Jews
- Mycenaean Civilizations (1600)
- Athens founded (1235)
- Indians developed caste system
- Horse domesticated
- Chinese record a comet
Significant persons:
- pharaohs Akhenaton and Rameses II
- Salmanaser unifies Assyria (1276)
- Saul king of the Jews