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The 1290s BC is a decade which lasted from 1299 BC to 1290 BC.

Events and trends

• c. 1295 BC–1186 BC–Great Temple of Amun, Karnak, is built in the New Kingdom of Egypt.
• c. 1294 BC–Egyptian–Hittite Wars.
• 1292 BC—Coronation of Pharaoh Ramesses I of Egypt marks the end of the Eighteenth Dynsasty and start of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt.

Significant people

• Ramesses I, Egyptian pharaoh, crowned.
• Shalmaneser I, king of Assyria, born (approximate date).
• Ramesses II ("the Great"), Egyptian pharaoh, born (approximate date).

References

1. White, Jamila. "Wonders: City of Jebel Barkal - Black Kingdoms of the Nile episode". PBS. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
2. Lanning, Michael Lee (April 2005). Battle 100: The Stories Behind History's Most Influential Battles. ISBN 9781402224751.
3. Jürgen von Beckerath, Chronologie des Äegyptischen Pharaonischen (Mainz: Phillip von Zabern, 1997), p.190.

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