extended control throughout Mesopotamia, known for the Code of Hammurabi, one of the earliest codes of law 1775 to 1761 BC – the reign of Zimri-Lim of Mari, extended control throughout Syria and Upper Mesopotamia, he was allied to Hammurabi 1763 to 1595 BC – Paleo-Babylonian Empire 1725 to 1550 BC – Hyksos (Canaanite) domination of Egypt 1600 to 1360 BC – Egyptian domination over Canaan and Syria 1594 BCE – Kassites take Babylon 1595 to 1155 BC – Kassite dynasty 1550 to 1077 BC – New Kingdom of Egypt 1500 to 1300 BC – Kingdom Mitanni, a Hurrian-speaking state in northern Syria and southeast Anatolia 1500 to 539 BC – Phoenicia and the spread of their alphabet from which almost all modern phonetic alphabets derived 1457 BC – Battle of Megiddo 1380 to 1336 BC – Shuppiluliuma, king of the Hittites who challenged Egypt for control of the lands between the Mediterranean and the Euphrates 1370 to 1200 BC – Hittite Empire 1350 to 1050 BC – Middle Assyrian Empire 1300 BC – discovery of iron smelting and smithing techniques in Anatolia or the Caucasus: start of the Iron Age 1300 to 125 BC – Kingdom of Edom 1274 BC – Battle of Kadesh between the Egyptian Empire under Ramesses II and the Hittite Empire under Muwatalli II, largest chariot battle ever fought 1259 BC – Egyptian-Hittite peace treaty, the first peace treaty ever recorded in history 1245 to 1208 BC – Tukulti-Ninurta I, king of Assyria, first native Mesopotamian ruler in Babylon, took on the ancient title "King of Sumer and Akkad" 1237 BC – Battle of Nihriya, resulting in Assyrian victory over the Hittites for control over remnants of the former empire of Mitanni in Asia Minor and the Levant 1234 BC – Babylon taken by the Assyrians 1200 to 1050 BC – Bronze Age collapse 1200 BC – oldest Phoenician alphabet inscription engraved on the sarcophagus of King Ahiram 1200 to 884 BC – Sea Peoples, conjectured groups of seafaring raiders, invaded Anatolia, Syria, Canaan, Cyprus, and Egypt 1200 to 546 BC – Lydian Empire 1200 to 732 BC – Aramaean Kingdom of Aram-Damascus 1190 BC – Hattusha, capital of the Hittites, taken by the Sea Peoples 1184 BC – Fall of Troy 1180 to 700 BC – Neo-Hittite kingdoms also known as Syro-Hittite states 1155 BC – Babylon taken by Elamites 1100 to 539 BC