1430--Assur-nadin-akhi. King of Assyria. (From this reign, regular lists of Assyrian kings; and their kingdom grows in power.) 1400 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1359(?)--Dynasty XIX. begins. Seti I. powerful ruler and conqueror. Rameses II., "Pharaoh of the Oppression"(?). Merenepthah, "Pharaoh of the Exodus"(?). Decline of Egyptian power. Rameses III., date unknown. 1300(?)--Shalmaneser I., King of Assyria, begins conquests. 1300 Calah becomes capital. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1290(?)--Tukulti-ninib, King of Assyria, conquers Babylon; but it soon regains its independence. Babylonian Kingdom declining in power. 1207-1075--Dynasty of Isin in Babylon; wars between Assyria and Babylonia; continued decline of Babylonia and rise 1200 of Assyria. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1120-1090--Tiglath-pileser I., the first great king of Assyria, conqueror over many lands. THE ASSYRIAN EMPIRE 1100 begins. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1089(?)--Dynasty XXI. begins; a line of kings of foreign race who obtained control in Egypt. 1000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 925--Shishak, King of Egypt, invades Judah, and takes many cities. 900(?)--Zerah, the Ethiopian (Osorkon II.), 900 invades Egypt. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 885-860--Assur-nazir-pal, King of Assyria.