The '''1240s BC''' is a decade that lasted from 1249 BC to 1240 BC. {{Decadebox BC|124}}
==Events and trends== * c. 1240 BC—The Philistines expand their influence into Cyprus and Canaan.<ref>{{cite web|title=WORLD HISTORY 1500 - 1200 B.C.|url=http://www.historycentral.com/dates/1500bc.html|website=History Central|publisher=Historycentral|access-date=20 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://cojs.org/exploring-philistine-origins-on-the-island-of-cyprus/ |title=Exploring Philistine Origins on the Island of Cyprus, Vassos Karageorghis, BAR 10:02, Mar-Apr 1984. |access-date=2018-12-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421093436/http://cojs.org/exploring-philistine-origins-on-the-island-of-cyprus/ |archive-date=2017-04-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * c. 1240 BC—The wimble<ref name="ruoff">{{cite book|last1=Ruoff|first1=Henry Woldmar|title=The standard dictionary of facts|date=1917|pages=55–56|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aEtTAAAAYAAJ&q=philistines+1240+bc&pg=PA56|access-date=20 April 2017}}</ref> and lathe<ref>{{cite book|last1=Haydn|first1=Joseph|title=Haydn's Dictionary of Dates: Relating to All Ages and Nations|date=1877|publisher=Harper & Brothers|page=284|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-YFQAAAAYAAJ&q=1240++bc&pg=PA284|access-date=20 April 2017}}</ref> are invented.
==Significant people== * Merneptah, pharaoh of Egypt, born (approximate date).
==In legend== * 1249 BC—Gideon conquers the Midianites.<ref name="ruoff"/> * c. 1240 BC—The Argonauts capture Troy.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Little|first1=Charles Eugene|title=Cyclopedia of Classified Dates with an Exhaustive Index|date=1900|publisher=Gale Research Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/cyclopediaofclas00litt/page/1142 1142]|url=https://archive.org/details/cyclopediaofclas00litt|quote=philistines 1240 bc.|access-date=20 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="ruoff"/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
Category:13th century BC
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