Conflict & Security in the 13th century BC

17 sourced entries, 1294 BCE to 1200 BCE, oldest first. Also see Conflict & Security across every century or everything else in the 13th century BC.

• 1294 BCEc. 1294 BC–Egyptian–Hittite Wars.source
• 1279 BCEc. 1279 BC—Troy VI, speculated to be the city mentioned in Homer's Iliad, is presumed to have been destroyed by Greek armies.source
• 1278 BCE1278 BC—Ramesses II defeats the Shardana sea pirates and nomads on the western frontier.source
• 1274 BCEc. 1274 BC—Ramesses II (the Great) fights a number of campaigns in Canaan and Syria, with the aim of recovering territories lost in the post-Kadesh revolts.source
• 1274 BCE1274 BC—Shalmaneser I becomes king of the Assyrian Empire.source
• 1274 BCE1274 BC—The Battle of Kadesh (or Battle of Qadesh) in Syria, regarded as the largest (5,000–6,000) chariot vs. chariot battle in antiquity. The end of the battle is followed by some 15 years of border warfare ended by the signing of the earliest known peace treaty between the Hittites and Egyptians, the Treaty of Kadesh.source
• 1250 BCE1250 BC—Traditional date of the beginning of the Trojan War.source
• 1250 BCEc. 1250 BC—Chariots appear in Ancient China.source
• 1221 BCE1221 BC—Pharaoh Merneptah defeats a Libyan invasion.source
• 1213 BCE1213 BC—Theseus, legendary King of Athens, is deposed and succeeded by Menestheus, great-grandson of Erechtheus and second cousin of Theseus' father Aegeus. Menestheus is reportedly assisted by Castor and Polydeuces of Sparta, who want to reclaim their sister Helen from her first husband Theseus. The latter seeks refuge in Skyros, whose King Lycomedes is an old friend and ally. Lycomedes, however, considers his visitor a threat to the throne and proceeds to assassinate him (though other accounts place these events a decade later, in the 1200s BC).source
• 1210 BCE1210 BC—Accession of legendary Magadhan king Subrata of the Brihadrata dynasty.source
• 1206 BCE1206 BC: Approximate starting date of Late Bronze Age collapse, a period of migration, unrest and destruction in the eastern Mediterranean and Ancient Near East, and beginning of the Iron Age in the Near East.source
• 1204 BCE1204 BC: Theseus, legendary King of Athens, is deposed after a reign of 30 years and succeeded by Menestheus, great-grandson of Erichthonius II of Athens and second cousin of Theseus' father Aegeus. Menestheus is reportedly assisted by Castor and Polydeuces of Sparta, who want to reclaim their sister Helen from her first husband Theseus. Theseus seeks refuge in Skyros, whose King Lycomedes is an old friend and ally. Lycomedes, however, considers his visitor a threat to the throne and proceeds to assassinate him. (Other accounts place these events a decade earlier. See 1210s BC.)source
• 1200 BCEc. 1200 BC: Final destruction of the major Mycenian city excavated at Iklaina.source
• 1200 BCEc. 1200 BC: Migration and expansion of Dorian Greeks. Destruction of Mycenaean city Pylos.source
• 1200 BCEc. 1200 BC: Possible battle in the Tollense River Valley of northern Germany.source
• 1200 BCEc. 1200 BC: Collapse of Hittite power in Anatolia with the destruction of their capital Hattusa.source