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The '''1440s BC''' is a [[List of decades|decade]] which lasted from 1449 BC to 1440 BC.
==Events and trends==
* 1449 BC: [[Fíachu Labrainne]], [[Milesians (Irish)|Milesians]]' [[List of High Kings of Ireland|High King]] of [[Prehistoric Ireland|Ireland]], is killed and succeeded by [[Eochu Mumu]]
* c. 1448 BC: The Gnbtyw people (Genebtyw or Genebtyu) first appear in [[Ganibatum]] during the 32nd year of the reign of [[Thutmose III]], the sixth [[Pharaoh]] of the [[Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt]]<ref>{{cite book |first=Kenneth A. |last=Kitchen |title=Ramesside Inscriptions, Translated & Annotated Notes and Comments |volume=II |chapter=Ramesses II, Royal Inscriptions |publisher=Blackwell Publishers |location=Oxford, England |year=1999 |pages=104–105 }}</ref>
* 1445–1444 BC: The [[Book of Leviticus]] is written.
* [[Timeline of İzmir|c. 1440 BC]]: first recorded urban settlement on or near [[Mount Yamanlar]] which controlled the [[Gulf of İzmir]]
==References==
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