The 1240s BC is a
decade which lasted from 1249 BC to 1240 BC.
Events and trends
* c.
1240 BC The 1240s BC is a decade which lasted from 1249 BC to 1240 BC.
Events and trends
* c. 1240 BC—The Philistines expand their influence into Cyprus and Canaan.
* c. 1240 BC—The wimble and lathe are invented.
Significant people
* Mernepta ...
—The
Philistines expand their influence into
Cyprus and
Canaan.
* c.
1240 BC The 1240s BC is a decade which lasted from 1249 BC to 1240 BC.
Events and trends
* c. 1240 BC—The Philistines expand their influence into Cyprus and Canaan.
* c. 1240 BC—The wimble and lathe are invented.
Significant people
* Mernepta ...
—The
wimble and
lathe
A lathe () is a machine tool that rotates a workpiece about an axis of rotation to perform various operations such as cutting, sanding, knurling, drilling, deformation, facing, and turning, with tools that are applied to the workpiece to c ...
are invented.
Significant people
*
Merneptah,
pharaoh of
Egypt, born (approximate date).
In legend
*
1249 BC—
Gideon
Gideon (; ) also named Jerubbaal and Jerubbesheth, was a military leader, judge and prophet whose calling and victory over the Midianites are recounted in of the Book of Judges in the Hebrew Bible.
Gideon was the son of Joash, from the Abiez ...
conquers the
Midianites.
* c.
1240 BC The 1240s BC is a decade which lasted from 1249 BC to 1240 BC.
Events and trends
* c. 1240 BC—The Philistines expand their influence into Cyprus and Canaan.
* c. 1240 BC—The wimble and lathe are invented.
Significant people
* Mernepta ...
—The
Argonauts
The Argonauts (; Ancient Greek: ) were a band of heroes in Greek mythology, who in the years before the Trojan War (around 1300 BC) accompanied Jason to Colchis in his quest to find the Golden Fleece. Their name comes from their ship, '' Argo'', ...
capture
Troy.
References
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es:Años 1240 a. C.
Joshua 6-22