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1310s BC

decade

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 7, 2026
Entity authorityQ2273793 ↗
Source-derived summary

The 1310s BC is the decade that lasted from 1319 BC to 1310 BC.

Events

The Bhagavad Gita is written, according to Hindu traditions.

1319 BC

The reign of Ay comes to an end.

(or 1306 BC)—Horemheb assumes the throne of Ancient Egypt.

1317 BC

Enlil-nirari succeeds his father as king of Assyria.

1312 BC

June

24 (or April 13 1308 BC) – Mursili II launches a campaign against the Kingdom of Azzi-Hayasa.

Significant people

Ramesses I, pharaoh of Egypt, is born (approximate date).

Seti I, pharaoh of Egypt, is born (approximate date).

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “1310s BC” as decade. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1319, 1310, 1306, 1317—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where 1310s and decade can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as decade. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 7, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2273793. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1319, 1310, 1306 and 1317.

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This entry incorporates text from “1310s BC” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.