1250s BC

The 1250s BC is a decade that lasted from 1259 BC to 1250 BC.

Events and trends

—Ramesses II makes a peace agreement with the Hittites.
—The Exodus as depicted in the Bible.
1251 BC—September 7, 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.
—Wu Ding, king of the Shang dynasty, and earliest archaeologically confirmed Chinese monarch begins his reign.
—Earliest surviving writing from Ancient China.
—Chariots appear in Ancient China.
—Lion Gate, Mycenae, Greece, are made. Citadel walls are built.
—Papyrus of Ani created, during the 19th dynasty of the New Kingdom of Egypt.
—Tawagalawa letter sent from a Hittite king to a king of the Ahhiyawa

Significant people

Wu Ding, king of the Shang dynasty.
Sanchuniathon, Phoenician writer, is born.

Fiction

S.M. Stirling's Nantucket series is set in Bronze Age era, circa the 1250s BC.