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The
1210s BC
is a
decade
which lasted from 1219 BC to 1210 BC.
Millennium
2nd millennium
BC
Centuries
14th century
BC
13th century
BC
12th century
BC
Decades
1230s
BC
1220s
BC
1210s
BC
1200s
BC
1190s
BC
Years
1219
BC
1218
BC
1217
BC
1216
BC
1215
BC
1214
BC
1213
BC
1212
BC
1211
BC
1210
BC
Categories
Deaths
v
t
e
Events and trends
1213 BC–
1203 BC
—
Merneptah Stele
makes the earliest recorded mention of
Israel
.
1213 BC
—
Theseus
, legendary
King of Athens
, is deposed and succeeded by
Menestheus
, great-grandson of
Erechtheus
and second cousin of
Theseus
' father
Aegeus
.
Menestheus
is reportedly assisted by
Castor and Polydeuces
of
Sparta
, who want to reclaim their sister
Helen
from her first husband
Theseus
. The latter seeks refuge in
Skyros
, whose
King
Lycomedes
is an old friend and ally.
Lycomedes
, however, considers his visitor a threat to the throne and proceeds to
assassinate
him (though other accounts place these events a decade later, in the
1200s BC
).
c.
1213 BC
—Death of
Ramesses II
("the Great"),
Egyptian
Pharaoh
.
1210 BC
—Accession of legendary
Magadhan
king Subrata of the
Brihadrata dynasty
.
Significant people
Merneptah
,
Pharaoh
of the
Nineteenth Dynasty
of
Egypt
(1212 BC–
1202 BC
)
Ramesses III
,
pharaoh
of
Egypt
, born (approximate date).
Category
:
13th century BC