1300–1201 BC13 events6 regions
13th century BC
In the 13th century BC: 13 events across 6 regions, including Late Harappan transformation of the Indus cities, Battle of Kadesh, Peace treaty between Egypt and the Hittites.
Events
Western and Central Europe
- Tumulus culturec. 1600 BC – c. 1300 BC
- Battle in the Tollense valleybetween 1300 and 1250 BC
- Urnfield culturec. 1300 BC – c. 750 BC
Balkans and Anatolia
- Peace treaty between Egypt and the Hittitesbetween 1259 and 1258 BC
Middle East and Egypt
- Battle of Kadesh1274 BC
South Asia
- Late Harappan transformation of the Indus citiesc. 1900 BC – c. 1300 BC
- Cemetery H culturec. 1900 BC – c. 1300 BC
East Asia
- Lower Xiajiadian culturec. 2000 BC – c. 1300 BC
- Shang oracle-bone inscriptionsc. 1250 BC – c. 1050 BC
- Yinxu, the late Shang capital at Anyangc. 1250 BC – 1046 BC (?)
Latin America
- Sechín Alto overtakes Pampa de las Llamas-Moxekec. 1300 BC
- Hammered copper and gold foils of Mina Perdidabetween 1410 and 1090 BC
- Chorrera culture of Ecuadorc. 1300 BC – c. 300 BC
Still going on
Processes that began earlier and continued through this period
- Hạ Long culturec. 2550 BC – c. 1050 BC · Southeast Asia and Oceania
- Saqqaq culturec. 2500 BC – c. 800 BC · North America
- Andronovo cultural communityc. 2000 BC – c. 1150 BC · Central and Northern Asia
- Srubnaya (Timber-grave) culturec. 1900 BC – c. 1200 BC · Eastern Europe
- Wairajirca pottery of the Huánuco basinc. 1750 BC – c. 1150 BC · Latin America
- Terramare culturec. 1650 BC – c. 1170 BC · Western and Central Europe
- Composition of the Rigvedic hymnsc. 1500 BC – c. 1200 BC · South Asia
- Tichitt tradition of the Mauritanian escarpmentsc. 2000 BC – c. 400 BC · Africa
- Early Mumun farming villages in Koreac. 1500 BC – c. 850 BC · East Asia
- Karasuk culturec. 1500 BC – c. 800 BC · Central and Northern Asia
- Gandhara grave culture of Swatc. 1400 BC – c. 800 BC · South Asia
- Lapita cultural complexc. 1600 BC – c. 500 BC · Southeast Asia and Oceania
- Gajiganna culture of the Lake Chad plainsc. 1800 BC – between 500 and 1 BC · Africa
- Nok culturec. 1500 BC – c. 1 BC · Africa