2nd millennium BC

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

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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