1600 - 1500 BC

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B.C.

1600 Hittites invented iron forged weapons and many siege tactics

1630 Hebrew slavery and persecution. (Exodus 1:8-22)

1595 Hittites ended the Old Babylonian Empire (lasted 400 years)

1574 Aaron is born (Exodus 6:20, 7:7)

1573 Hebrew midwives ordered to destroy all Hebrew male children (Exodus 1)

1571 All newborn Hebrew males are to be cast into the Nile River (Exodus 1)

1571 Moses is born and preserved from death (Exodus 2:1-10)

1571 Moses is found by Pharaoh's daughter in a basket in the Nile River (Exodus 2)

1570 Hyksos expelled from Egypt;

1570 Amose I founds 18th dynasty

1570 Beginning of New Kingdom

1570 Temple of Amun at Karnak begins

1548 Amenhotep I becomes pharaoh of Egypt

1531 Moses visits his brethren the Hebrews and kills an Egyptian (Exodus 2)

1531 Moses flees Egypt into the land of Midian (Exodus 2:11-13)

1530 Moses marries Zipporah, a Midianite  (Exodus 2)

1529 Moses and Zipporah bare a child named Gershom  (Exodus 2)

1528 Thutmose I becomes pharaoh;

1510 Thutmose II becomes pharaoh

1504 Hatshepsut becomes pharaoh

1500 Mohenjo-Daro in Indus Valley is destroyed