1440s BC

Time period
Millennium
2nd millennium BC
Centuries
  • 16th century BC
  • 15th century BC
  • 14th century BC
Decades
  • 1460s BC
  • 1450s BC
  • 1440s BC
  • 1430s BC
  • 1420s BC
Years
  • 1449 BC
  • 1448 BC
  • 1447 BC
  • 1446 BC
  • 1445 BC
  • 1444 BC
  • 1443 BC
  • 1442 BC
  • 1441 BC
  • 1440 BC
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The 1440s BC is a decade which lasted from 1449 BC to 1440 BC.

Events and trends

  • 1449 BC: Fíachu Labrainne, Milesians' High King of Ireland, is killed and succeeded by Eochu Mumu
  • c. 1448 BC: The Gnbtyw people (Genebtyw or Genebtyu) first appear in Ganibatum during the 32nd year of the reign of Thutmose III, the sixth Pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt[1]
  • 1445–1444 BC: The Book of Leviticus is written.
  • c. 1440 BC: first recorded urban settlement on or near Mount Yamanlar which controlled the Gulf of İzmir

References

  1. ^ Kitchen, Kenneth A. (1999). "Ramesses II, Royal Inscriptions". Ramesside Inscriptions, Translated & Annotated Notes and Comments. Vol. II. Oxford, England: Blackwell Publishers. pp. 104–105.