Geopolitics & Diplomacy in the 13th century BC

8 sourced entries, 1279 BCE to 1200 BCE, oldest first. Also see Geopolitics & Diplomacy across every century or everything else in the 13th century BC.

• 1279 BCEc. 1279 BC—Ramesses II (19th Dynasty) becomes pharaoh of Egypt. During his reign he builds a new capital on the eastern Nile Delta which he, renames Pi-Ramesses – the "House of Ramesses". The capital is created as a center of Egyptian power in the North.source
• 1263 BCEc. 1263 BC—Ramses II, king of ancient Egypt, and Hattusilis III, king of the Hittites, sign the earliest known peace treaty.source
• 1259 BCEc. 1259 BC—Ramesses II makes a peace agreement with the Hittites (other date is 1263 BC).source
• 1250 BCEc. 1250 BC—Tawagalawa letter sent from a Hittite king to a king of the Ahhiyawasource
• 1240 BCEc. 1240 BC—The Philistines expand their influence into Cyprus and Canaan.source
• 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).source
• 1200 BCEc. 1200 BC: San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán starts to flourish.source
• 1200 BCEc. 1200 BC: Start of Pan-Illyrianssource