1250s BC
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| Millennia: | 2nd millennium BC |
| Centuries: | 14th century BC - 13th century BC - 12th century BC |
| Decades: | 1280s BC 1270s BC 1260s BC - 1250s BC - 1240s BC 1230s BC 1220s BC |
| Years: | 1259 BC 1258 BC 1257 BC 1256 BC 1255 BC 1254 BC 1253 BC 1252 BC 1251 BC 1250 BC |
| Categories: | Births - Deaths - State leaders - Sovereign states Establishments - Disestablishments |
[edit] 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.
- September 7, 1251 BC — A solar eclipse 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.
[edit] Significant people
- Wu Ding Shang Dynasty emperor
[edit] Fiction
- S.M. Stirling's Nantucket series is set in Bronze Age era, circa the 1250s BC.
