Editing 1300s BC (decade)

{{short description|Decade from 1309 BC to 1300 BC}}
The '''1300s BC''' is a [[List of decades|decade]] which lasted from 1309 BC to 1300 BC.
{{Decadebox BC|130}}
[[Image:East-Hem 1300bc.jpg|thumb|550px|Map of the Eastern Hemisphere in 1300 BC]]
==Events and trends==
*[[Cecrops II]], legendary [[King of Athens]], dies after a reign of 40 years and is succeeded by his son [[Pandion II]]. [[Pandion II]] was later driven into exile from [[Athens]] by the sons of [[Cecrops II]]'s brother (or possibly nephew) [[Metion]], so that [[Metion]] could take power. [[Pandion II]] fled to [[Megara]], where he married the King's daughter and eventually inherited the throne. After his death, [[Pandion II]]'s sons returned to [[Athens]] and drove out the sons of [[Metion]].
*c. 1307 BC—[[Adad-nirari I]] becomes king of [[Assyria]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Chen |first=Fei |url=https://brill.com/view/book/9789004430921/back-1.xml |title=A List of Assyrian Kings |date=2020-05-14 |publisher=Brill |isbn=978-90-04-43092-1 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1306 BC]] (or [[1319 BC]])—[[Horemheb]] becomes pharaoh of [[Ancient Egypt]].
*[[1300 BC]]—[[Pangeng]] moved the capital of [[Shang dynasty]] to [[Yinxu|Yin]].
*c. 1300 BC—Some people of "Eastern Woodlands" begin to build massive earthworks, mounds of earth and stone. [[Poverty Point]], [[Louisiana]] is the earliest one.
*c. 1300 BC – 1200 BC—Treasury of [[Atreus]], [[Mycenae]], [[Greece]], is built. Excavated by Christos Stamatakis in 1878.
*c. 1300 BC – 1200 BC—The palace at [[Pylos]] is built.
*c. 1300 BC – [[1100 BC]]—[[Warrior Vase]], from [[Mycenae]], [[Ancient Greece]], is made. It is now at [[National Archaeological Museum of Athens]].
*c. 1300 BC – 1200 BC—[[Tollense valley battlefield]] takes place.
*c. 1700 BC – 1110 BC—[[Indo-Aryan migration]] to South Asia from Central Asia, partly causing [[Indus Valley civilization|Harappans]] to migrate [[South India|south]].
*c. 1300 BC – 1250 BC—Around this time, birth of king [[Rama]] may have taken place in kingdom of [[Kosala]].
*c. 1300 BC – 1250 BC–The [[Tollense valley battlefield|Tollense valley battle]] took place resulting in the deaths of large numbers of soldiers.  It is considered one of the oldest battlefields in Europe.

==Significant people==
* [[Pangeng]] of [[China]]

== References ==
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