The 13th century BC
49 sourced entries across 21 documented years, grouped into 1 decade. A century here runs 1900–1999 rather than 1901–2000, so its decades sit inside it exactly; on the BC side the same rule puts 1–99 BC in the 1st century BC and 100 BC in the 2nd.
Decades
- The 1200s BC — 3 years, 16 entries
By subject
- Conflict & Security in the 13th century BC — 17 entries
- Geopolitics & Diplomacy in the 13th century BC — 8 entries
- Exploration & Expansion in the 13th century BC — 8 entries
A few of the years
- 1294 BCEc. 1294 BC–Egyptian–Hittite Wars.
- 1285 BCEc. 1285 BC—Judgement of Hunefer before Osiris, illustration from a Book of the Dead is painted (19th Dynasty). It is now in the British Museum at London.
- 1280 BCEc. 1280 BC—The Torah is believed to have been fully composed around this time. (Assuming the Exodus from Egypt took place c. 1450 BCE)
- 1278 BCE1278 BC—Ramesses II defeats the Shardana sea pirates and nomads on the western frontier.
- 1263 BCEc. 1263 BC—Ramses II, king of ancient Egypt, and Hattusilis III, king of the Hittites, sign the earliest known peace treaty.
- 1258 BCEc. 1258 BC—The Exodus as depicted in the Bible.
- 1250 BCEc. 1250 BC—Wu Ding, king of the Shang dynasty, and earliest archaeologically confirmed Chinese monarch begins his reign.
- 1234 BCE1234 BC – Theseus of Athens begins his 30-year reign (if the end of his reign is agreed to have ended in 1204 BC).