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{{Short description|Decade}}

[[Centuries]]: [[14th century BC]] - '''[[13th century BC]]''' - [[12th century BC]]

The '''1280s BC''' was a [[List of decades|decade]] that lasted from 1289 BC to 1280 BC.

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[[Decades]]: [[1330s BC]] [[1320s BC]] [[1310s BC]] [[1300s BC]] [[1290s BC]] - '''1280s BC''' - [[1270s BC]] [[1260s BC]] [[1250s BC]] [[1240s BC]] [[1230s BC]]

[[File:Abydos sethi.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|[[Seti I]] from his temple in [[Abydos, Egypt|Abydos]] ([[Egypt]])]]

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==Events and trends==

*[[1290 BC]]—[[Seti I]] becomes pharaoh of [[New Kingdom of Egypt|Egypt]]. During his reign he leads his armies into [[Asia]], asserting Egyptian imperial authority. Seti recaptures the traitorous vassals of [[Kadesh (Syria)|Kadesh]] and [[Amurru kingdom|Amurru]], and even defeats a Hittite force. Later, he is unable to maintain control over the territories in the [[Levant]] and eventually concludes peace with the Hittite king [[Muwatalli II]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Seti I |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Seti-I |website=Encyclopaedia Britannica}}</ref>

*1285 BC - [[Battle of Kadesh]]: [[Rameses II]], [[Pharaoh]] of Egypt is almost defeated by [[Muwatallis]] of the [[Hittites]].

*1282c. [[1285 BC]]—Judgement -of [[Hunefer]] before [[Osiris]], illustration from a [[Book of the Dead]] is painted ([[Nineteenth dynasty of Egypt|19th Dynasty]]). It is now in the [[British Museum]] at [[London]].
*[[1282 BC]]—[[Pandion II]], legendary [[King of Athens]], dies after a nominal reign of 25 years. He reportedly only reigned in [[Megara]], while [[Athens]] and the rest of [[Attica, Greece|Attica]] were under the control of an alliance of [[Nobles]] led by his uncle [[Metion]] (son of [[Erechtheus II|Erechtheus]] of [[Athens]]) and his sons (including in some accounts [[Daedalus]]). His four sons lead a successful military campaign to regain the throne. [[Aegeus]] becomes [[King of Athens]], [[Nisos]] reigns in [[Megara]], [[Lycus (mythology)|Lykos]] in [[Euboea]] and [[Pallas (son of Pandion)|Pallas]] in southern [[Attica]].

*c. 1280 BC—The [[Torah]] is believed to have been fully composed around this time. (Assuming [[the Exodus]] from [[Egypt]] took place c. 1450 BCE)

* The walls of [[Troy VII]]/[[Wilusa]] are constructed.

==Significant people==

* [[Seti I]], pharaoh of [[New Kingdom of Egypt|Egypt]] (1290 BC–[[1270s BC|1279 BC]]) ([[Nineteenth dynasty of Egypt|19th Dynasty]])

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*[[Alaksandu]] of [[Wilusa]], some believe would be the same [[Paris of Troy]]

==References==

[[Category:1280s BC]]

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