The 1300s BC is a decade which lasted from 1309 BC to 1300 BC.
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The 1300s BC is a decade which lasted from 1309 BC to 1300 BC.
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Mycenae is an archaeological site near Mykines in Argolis, north-eastern Peloponnese, Greece. It is located about 120 kilometres south-west of Athens; 11 kilometres north of Argos; and 48 kilometres south of Corinth. The site is 19 kilometres inland from the Saronic Gulf and built upon a hill rising 900 feet above sea level.
The 10th century BC comprises the years from 1000 BC to 901 BC. This period followed the Late Bronze Age collapse in the Near East, and the century saw the Early Iron Age take hold there. The Greek Dark Ages which had come about in 1200 BC continued. The Neo-Assyrian Empire is established towards the end of the 10th century BC. In the Iron Age in India, the Vedic period is ongoing. In China, the Zhou dynasty is in power. Bronze Age Europe continued with Urnfield culture. Japan was inhabited by an evolving hunter-gatherer society during the Jōmon period.
The 13th century BC was the period from 1300 to 1201 BC.
The 14th century BC was the century that lasted from the year 1400 BC until 1301 BC.
The 15th century BC was the century that lasted from 1500 BC to 1401 BC.
The 16th century BC was a century that lasted from 1600 BC to 1501 BC.
The 1600s BC was a decade lasting from January 1, 1609 BC to December 31, 1600 BC.
The 1550s BC was a decade lasting from January 1, 1559 BC to December 31, 1550 BC.
The 1200s BC is a decade which lasted from 1209 BC to 1200 BC.
The 1250s BC is a decade which lasted from 1259 BC to 1250 BC.
The 1280s BC was a decade which lasted from 1289 BC to 1280 BC.
Erechtheus in Greek mythology was a king of Athens, the founder of the polis and, in his role as god, attached to Poseidon, as "Poseidon Erechtheus". The name Erichthonius is carried by a son of Erechtheus, but Plutarch conflated the two names in the myth of the begetting of Erechtheus.
In Greek mythology, Metion was an Athenian prince as the son of King Erechtheus and Praxithea, daughter of Phrasimus and Diogeneia.
Tiryns is a Mycenaean archaeological site in Argolis in the Peloponnese, and the location from which the mythical hero Heracles was said to have performed his Twelve Labours. It lies 20 km (12 mi) south of Mycenae.
In Greek mythology, King Erichthonius was a legendary early ruler of ancient Athens. According to some myths, he was autochthonous and adopted or raised by the goddess Athena. Early Greek texts do not distinguish between him and Erechtheus, his grandson, but by the fourth century BC, during Classical times, they are distinct figures.
Athens is one of the oldest named cities in the world, having been continuously inhabited for perhaps 5,000 years. Situated in southern Europe, Athens became the leading city of Ancient Greece in the first millennium BC, and its cultural achievements during the 5th century BC laid the foundations of Western civilization.
In Greek mythology, Cecrops may refer to two legendary kings of Athens:
In Greek mythology, Cecrops II was the legendary or semi-legendary seventh king of Athens and in whose reign the deeds of Dionysus and Perseus occurred.
In Greek mythology, Pandion I was a legendary King of Athens, the son and heir to Erichthonius of Athens and his wife, the naiad Praxithea. Through his father, he was the grandson of the god Hephaestus.
In Greek mythology, Pandion II was a legendary King of Athens, the son and heir of King Cecrops II and his wife Metiadusa, daughter of Eupalamus.