1250s BC
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The 1250s BC is a decade which lasted from 1259 BC to 1250 BC.
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Events and trends
[edit]- c. 1259 BC—Ramesses II makes a peace agreement with the Hittites (other date is 1263 BC).
- c. 1258 BC—The Exodus as depicted in the Bible.
- 1251 BC—September 7, a solar eclipse[1] on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes, Greece.
- 1250 BC—Traditional date of the beginning of the Trojan War.
- c. 1250 BC—Wu Ding, king of the Shang dynasty, and earliest archaeologically confirmed Chinese monarch begins his reign.
- c. 1250 BC—Earliest surviving writing from Ancient China.
- c. 1250 BC—Chariots appear in Ancient China.
- c. 1250 BC—Lion Gate, Mycenae, Greece, are made. Citadel walls are built.
- c. 1250 BC—Papyrus of Ani created, during the 19th dynasty of the New Kingdom of Egypt.
- c. 1250 BC—Tawagalawa letter sent from a Hittite king to a king of the Ahhiyawa
Significant people
[edit]- Wu Ding, king of the Shang dynasty.
- Sanchuniathon, Phoenician writer, is born (approximate date).
Fiction
[edit]- S.M. Stirling's Nantucket series is set in Bronze Age era, circa the 1250s BC.
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Annular: -1250 Sep 07". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/. NASA Five Millennium Canon of Solar Eclipses. Retrieved 30 December 2015.