1440s BC

The 1440s BC is a decade which lasted from 1449 BC to 1440 BC.

Events and trends

 * 1449 BC: Fíachu Labrainne, Milesians' High King of 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
 * 1445–1444 BC: The Book of Leviticus is written.
 * c. 1440 BC: first recorded urban settlement on or near Mount Yamanlar which controlled the Gulf of İzmir