1220s BC

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Millennium:	2nd millennium BC
Centuries:	14th century BC - 13th century BC - 12th century BC
Decades:	1250s BC 1240s BC 1230s BC - 1220s BC - 1210s BC 1200s BC 1190s BC
Years:	1229 BC 1228 BC 1227 BC 1226 BC 1225 BC 1224 BC 1223 BC 1222 BC 1221 BC 1220 BC
Categories:	Births - Deaths - Architecture Establishments - Disestablishments

[edit] Events and trends

• 1230 BC — Battle of Nihriya
• 1221 BC — Pharaoh Merneptah defeats a Libyan invasion.

[edit] Significant people

• 1225 BC — Birth of legendary Helen to King Tyndareus of Sparta and his wife Leda. (estimated date).
• 1224 BC — Death of Ramesses II of Egypt.