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.

Significant people

• Wu Ding Shang Dynasty emperor

Fiction

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