1290s BC
# 1290s BC

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. New Kingdom.
* 1292 BC—End of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt, start of the Nineteenth Dynasty.
* 1292 BC—The coronation of Ramesses I.
* Egyptian-Hittite Wars, c.1294 B.C.

## Significant people

* Ramesses I – Pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt
* Shalmaneser I, king of Assyria, born (approximate date).
* Ramesses the Great, pharaoh of Egypt, born (approximate date).
