2100 [D] c. 2084(?)--Joseph Sold into Egypt. [D] c. 2073(?)--Joseph Ruler in Egypt. [B] 2060-1250--Sojourn in Egypt. [D] c. 2060(?)--Jacob and his Family go down to Egypt; Beginning of the SOJOURN OF THE ISRAELITES. [D] c. 2045(?)--Death of Jacob in Egypt. [E] About 2000 B.C. Lower Egypt fell under the power of invaders from the desert, who were called Hyksos, or Shepherd Kings. Their capital was Tanis, or Zoan. Very little is known of their history, and their names cannot be given with certainty, as their memory was hated by the rulers that followed them, and their inscriptions may have been obliterated. They ruled Egypt until about 1570 B.C.(?), though the dates both of their conquest and their departure are uncertain. [F] 2000--Ishkibal, fourth king of second dynasty, reigning at Babylon. [H] 2000--Aryan migration to India(?). 2000 [D] 1993(?)--Death of Joseph in Egypt. The Israelites remain in the Land of Goshen, between Egypt and the Wilderness, from about 2062 to 1250 B.C. [dates very very uncertain]. During most of this period the Hyksos or Shepherd-Kings, friendly to the Israelites, were ruling in Egypt. [H] 1920--Gold and silver first mentioned as money. [F] 1800--An Assyrian Kingdom in existence, but subject to Babylon. Asshur, its capital. [F] 1782--Third dynasty of kings of Babylon, beginning with Gandish, reigning 1782-1767. This dynasty, known as Kassites, came from Elam, conquered Babylonia, and held rule until 1207. Not much is known of Babylonian history during this period; but the kingdom was declining. [E] About 1570 the war of liberation from the Hyksos began under Dynasty XVIII., and the New Kingdom opened. [E] 1570-1320(?)--Dynasty XVIII. reigning (Amosis, Amenophis, Queen Hatasu, Thutmosis (or Thotmes) III., Amenophis II., Amenophis III., Amenophis IV.). A period of conquest. Egyptian invasion of Syria about 1490(?) (Thutmosis III.). Battle of Esdraelon in Canaan. Tell-el-Amarna letters written in reigns of Amenophis III. and IV. [H] 1556--Athens founded. (traditional.) [H] 1546--Traditional founding of Troy. [H] 1507--Court of Areopagus founded at Athens. [D] 1500--The Israelites still in Egypt. [F] 1500-1207--Kassite dynasty still reigning at Babylon. [H] 1500--Thebes founded. Greek alphabet introduced by Cadmus. [H] c. 1500--Hittite migration to southern Asia Minor. 1500 [F] 1430--Assur-nadin-akhi. King of Assyria. (From this reign, regular lists of Assyrian kings; and their kingdom grows in power.) [H] 1400--Rise of Hittite Kingdom in Asia Minor.