Pharaoh Rameses II

Political event

Rameses II ascends to the throne of Egypt, at its peak as the greatest empire of the age. The former Canaanite champion now known as Shazam (see 7000 BCE) is allied with the Pharaoh as a wizard and high priest, as is Nabu (see 3500 BCE).

The Pharaoh cruelly oppresses the growing population of Israelites living in Egypt’s Nile delta region, ordering the drowning of all boys under five (from which edict Moses is surreptitiously rescued), and earning the ire of the Spectre.