13th century BC
(14th century BC – 13th century BC – 12th century BC – other centuries)
(1300s BC – 1290s BC – 1280s BC – 1270s BC – 1260s BC – 1250s BC – 1240s BC – 1230s BC – 1220s BC – 1210s BC – 1200s BC – other decades)
(3rd millennium BC – 2nd millennium BC – 1st millennium BC)
Events
- 1295 BC – End of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt, start of the Nineteenth Dynasty
- 1285 BC – Battle of Kadesh, Rameses II almost defeated by Hittites.
- 1269 BC – Ramses II and Hattusilis III, king of the Hittites, sign the earliest known peace treaty.
Significant persons
- Rameses II, pharaoh of Egypt
- Moses (if historical), led Hebrew Exodus (may have been eariler).
Inventions, discoveries, introductions
Categories: 13th century BC