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The 1240s BC is a decade which lasted from 1246 BC to 1240 BC.

Millennium
2nd millennium BC
Centuries
14th century BC 13th century BC 12th century BC
Decades
1260s BC 1250s BC 1240s BC 1230s BC 1220s BC
Years
1249 BC 1248 BC 1247 BC 1246 BC 1245 BC 1244 BC 1243 BC 1242 BC 1241 BC 1240 BC
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Events and trends

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c. 1240 BC—The Philistines expand their influence into Cyprus and Canaan.^[1]^[2]
c. 1240 BC—The wimble^[3] and lathe^[4] are invented.

In legend

1249 BC—Gideon conquers the Midianites.^[3]
c. 1240 BC—The Argonauts capture Troy.^[5]^[3]
c. 1240 BC—The Conquest of Canaan begins under Joshua^{[self-published source]}

References

^ "WORLD HISTORY 1500 - 1200 B.C." History Central. Historycentral. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
^ Exploring Philistine Origins on the Island of Cyprus, Vassos Karageorghis, BAR 10:02, Mar-Apr 1984.
^ ^a ^b ^c Ruoff, Henry Woldmar (1917). The standard dictionary of facts. pp. 55–56. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
^ Haydn, Joseph (1877). Haydn's Dictionary of Dates: Relating to All Ages and Nations. Harper & Brothers. p. 284. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
^ Little, Charles Eugene (1900). Cyclopedia of Classified Dates with an Exhaustive Index. Gale Research Company. p. 1142. Retrieved 20 April 2017.

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