22), has been generally
accepted as the Pharaoh of the Exodus.

=1500.= Independence of Assyria as the rising of a kingdom apart from
Babylonia; the rise of Nineveh.

=1450-1300.= The Hittite realm in Syria attains its greatest power. The
Egyptians knew the Hittites as the Khita or Khatta. Recent discoveries
indicate that they formed a civilized and powerful nation. Many
inscriptions and rock sculptures in Asia Minor, formerly inexplicable,
are now attributed to the Hittites of the Bible.

=1330.= Rameses II of Egypt; the Sesostris of the Greeks.

=1300.= Shalmaneser I reigns in Assyria.

=1250.= The Phoenicians, closely allied in language to the Hebrews, begin
their colonizing career.

=1235.= Probable date of the consolidation of Athens, See "THESEUS FOUNDS
ATHENS," i, 45.

=1200.= Exodus of Israel from Egypt.

"FORMATION OF THE CASTES IN INDIA," See i, 52.

=1184.= "FALL OF TROY." See i, 70.

=1122.= Wou Wang becomes emperor of China.

=1120.= Beginning of the reign of Tiglath-Pileser, King of Assyria.

=1100.= Dorian migration into the Peloponnesus.

=1095 (1055; 1080 common chronology).= Hebrews establish the monarchy.
Saul the first king.

=1058 (1033).= At Gilboa, Saul is defeated by the Philistines. David
becomes king in Judah.

=1017 (998).= Accession of Solomon as king of the Hebrews. The Temple at
Jerusalem is built in this reign. See "ACCESSION OF SOLOMON," i, 92.

=1015.= Smyrna founded.

=977 (953).= Israel and Judah become separate kingdoms, following the
revolt of the Ten Tribes under Jeroboam.

=973 (949).= Jerusalem captured by Sheshonk, King of Egypt.

=958 (929).= Asa ascends the throne of Judah.

=931 (899).= Omri's accession in Israel.

=917 (873).= Jehoshaphat begins his reign in Judah.

=900 (853).= The Syrians defeat and slay Ahab, King of Israel, at
Ramoth-Gilead.

Divambar conquers Armenia, Persia, Syria, and adjacent lands.

=887 (843).= The throne of Israel usurped by Jehu.

=850.= The Tyrians colonize Carthage.

=811 (792).= Uzziah succeeds to the throne of Judah.

=800.= The canal and tunnel of Negoub constructed to convey the waters of
the Zab River to Nineveh.

=800 (850).= Sparta: Probable date of the legislation of Lycurgus.

=790 (825).= Jeroboam II becomes King of Israel.

=789.= First destruction of Nineveh: death of Sardanapalus. See "FIRST
DESTRUCTION OF NINEVEH," i, 105.

=776.= Beginning of the Olympiads. Olympiad in ancient Greece meant t