Ahmose I expels the Hyksos and reunifies Egypt, opening the New Kingdom, the height of ancient Egyptian power.
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Pharaoh Akhenaten elevates the worship of the Aten and moves the capital to Amarna, an unusual religious upheaval in Egyptian history.
Ramesses II begins a reign of about 66 years, regarded as one of Egypt's most powerful and celebrated pharaohs.
Ramesses II and the Hittite king Hattusili III conclude one of the earliest peace treaties whose text survives.
Many Eastern Mediterranean states, including the Hittite Empire, collapse or decline sharply during a prolonged period of upheaval.
By tradition, Phoenicians from Tyre found Carthage in North Africa, later a major commercial power of the western Mediterranean.
The pyramid of Pharaoh Khufu is completed; it remained the tallest human-made structure for nearly 4,000 years.