1250s BC
Appearance
The 1250s BC is a decade which lasted from 1259 BC to 1250 BC.
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Events and trends
- c. 1259 BC—Ramesses II makes 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.
- 1250 BC—Wu Ding emperor of Shang Dynasty to 1192 BC.
- 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.
Significant people
- Wu Ding Shang Dynasty emperor
Fiction
- S.M. Stirling's Nantucket series is set in Bronze Age era, circa the 1250s BC.
Notes
- ^ "Annular: -1250 Sep 07". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/. NASA Five Millennium Canon of Solar Eclipses. Retrieved 30 December 2015.