Oracle bone script in use
~1250 BCE · Event
Earliest known Chinese writing, inscribed on ox scapulae and turtle plastrons for divination.
On these timelines: Master, China, The Bronze Age
Around 1250 BCE
- The Sack of Troy (1184 BCE)
- The death of Hector (1184 BCE)
- Zhou dynasty (1046 BCE)
- The Wooden Horse (1184 BCE)
- Exodus from Egypt (1300 BCE)
- The slaughter of the suitors (1175 BCE)
- The Fall of Troy (1184 BCE)
- The parting of the Red Sea (1446 BCE)
- Moses (1391 BCE)
- Olmec civilisation (1500 BCE)