Significant Persons
Although many human societies were literate in this period, some individual persons mentioned in this article ought to be considered legendary rather than historical.
- 1251 BC—A lunar eclipse might mark the birth of Hercules
- c. 1225 BC—Birth of legendary Helen to King Tyndareus of Sparta and his wife Leda
- 1212 BC—Death of Ramesses II of Egypt
- Merneptah, Pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt (1212 BC–1202 BC)
- Amenmesse, Pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt (1202 BC–1199 BC)
- Pangeng of China
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