1280s BC

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The 1280s BC was a

Events and trends

• 1290 BC—Seti I becomes pharaoh of Egypt. During his reign he leads his armies into Asia, asserting Egyptian imperial authority. Seti recaptures the traitorous vassals of Kadesh and Amurru, and even defeats a Hittite force. Later, he is unable to maintain control over the territories in the Levant and eventually concludes peace with the Hittite king Muwatalli II
  .
• c.
  19th Dynasty). It is now in the British Museum at London
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• King of Athens, Nisos reigns in Megara, Lykos in Euboea and Pallas in southern Attica
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• c. 1280 BC—The Torah is believed to have been fully composed around this time. (Assuming the Exodus from Egypt took place c. 1450 BCE)
• The walls of
  Troy VII/Wilusa
  are constructed.