Editing 1250s BC

{{short description|Decade from 1259 BC to 1250 BC}}
The '''1250s BC''' is a [[List of decades|decade]] which lasted from 1259 BC to 1250 BC.
{{Decadebox BC|125}}
[[Image:Lion Gate at Mycenae.JPG|thumb|200px|The [[Lion Gate]] at [[Mycenae]] (full view) – showing the stepped ramp through it]]

==Events and trends==
*{{Circa|1259 BC}}—[[Ramesses II]] makes a [[Egyptian-Hittite peace treaty|peace agreement]] with the [[Hittites]] (other date is [[1263 BC]]).
*{{Circa|1258 BC}}—[[The Exodus]] as depicted in the [[Bible]].
*1251 BC—September 7, a [[solar eclipse]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Annular: -1250 Sep 07|url=http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/5MCSEmap/-1299--1200/-1250-09-07.gif|website=eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/|publisher=NASA Five Millennium Canon of Solar Eclipses|access-date=30 December 2015}}</ref> on this date might mark the birth of legendary [[Heracles]] at [[Thebes, Greece]].
*1250 BC—Traditional date of the beginning of the [[Trojan War]].
*{{Circa|1250 BC}}—[[Wu Ding]], king of the [[Shang dynasty]], and earliest archaeologically confirmed [[Chinese sovereign|Chinese monarch]] begins his reign.
*{{Circa|1250 BC}}—[[Oracle bone script|Earliest surviving writing]] from [[History of China#Ancient China|Ancient China]]. 
*{{Circa|1250 BC}}—[[Chariot]]s appear in Ancient China.
*{{Circa|1250 BC}}—[[Lion Gate]], [[Mycenae]], [[Greece]], are made. Citadel walls are built.
*{{Circa|1250 BC}}—[[Papyrus of Ani]] created, during the 19th dynasty of the [[New Kingdom of Egypt]].
*{{Circa|1250 BC}}—[[Tawagalawa letter]] sent from a [[Hittite king]] to a king of the [[Ahhiyawa]]

==Significant people==
* [[Wu Ding]], king of the [[Shang dynasty]].
* [[Sanchuniathon]], [[Phoenicia|Phoenician]] writer, is born (approximate date).

==Fiction==
* [[S.M. Stirling]]'s [[Nantucket series]] is set in [[Bronze Age]] era, circa the 1250s BC.

== Notes==
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