Centuries: 14th century BC - 13th century BC - 12th century BC Decades: 1330s BC 1320s BC 1310s BC 1300s BC 1290s BC - 1280s BC - 1270s BC 1260s BC 1250s BC 1240s BC 1230s BC 1280s BC - Events and trends. 1285 BC - Battle of Kadesh: Rameses II, Pharaoh of Egypt is almost defeated by Muwatallis of the Hittites. 1282 BC - Pandion II, legendary King of Athens, dies after a nominal reign of 25 years. He reportedly only reigned in Megara while Athens and the rest of Attica we ...

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