2nd millennium BC

(3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - other millennia)

Events:

• Hittite empire in Anatolia ( 19th century BC )
• Foundation of Babylon
• Middle Kingdom in Egypt (2052-1570).
• Captivity of the Jews in Egypt
• Egyptian domination in Palestinia[?] and Syria (1600-1360)
• Mycenaean Civilizations (16th century BC)
• Athens founded (1235)
• Conquest of Canaan by the Jews ( 12th century BC )
• "Aryan invasion" of India

Significant persons:

• Hammurabi King of Babylon
• pharaohs Akhenaton and Rameses II
• Salmanaser[?] unifies Assyria (1276)
• Moses, Old Testament
• Saul king of the Jews

Inventions, Discoveries, Introductions

• Indians developed caste system
• Chinese record a comet
• Syllabic writings (1630)
• First Greek notations (14th century 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