Battle of Megiddo (1457 BCE)
1,457 BCE* · Event
Thutmose III defeats a Canaanite coalition — the first battle in history recorded in reliable detail.
On these timelines: Master, Ancient Egypt, The Levant, Mesopotamia & the Ancient Near East
Around 1457 BCE
- New Kingdom of Egypt (1550 BCE)
- Shang dynasty (1600 BCE)
- Exodus from Egypt (1300 BCE)
- Moses (1391 BCE)
- Olmec civilisation (1500 BCE)
- Ramesses II (the Great) (1303 BCE)
- Mycenaean civilisation rises (1600 BCE)
- Phoenician civilisation (1500 BCE)
- Eruption of Thera (1600 BCE)
- Oracle bone script in use (1250 BCE)