1340s BC
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The 1340s BC is a
decade
which lasted from 1349 BC to 1340 BC.
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| 2nd millennium BC |
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Events and trends
- c. Amenhotep IV changes his name to Akhenaten.
- 1348 BC–Ägyptisches Museum.
- c. 1348 BC–1336 BC: Ägyptisches Museum.
- c. 1348 BC–1336 BC: Tish-shaped vase, from Tell el-Amarna) was made. 18th dynasty. It is now in the British Museum, London.
- c. 1348 BC–1327 BC: State ship, detail of a tempera facsimile by Charles K. Wilkinson of a cow painting in the tomb of the governor of Nubia Amenhotep Huy in Qurnet Murai was made. 18th dynasty. It is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
- Erechtheus II is reportedly killed by lightning after a reign of 50 years and is followed by his younger brother Cecrops II.[1]
- intended to be his new capital.
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- c. 1344 BC–King Šuppiluliuma I of the Hittites invades the Anatolian heartland and launches two campaigns against the Mitanni. This culminates in the sack of the Mitanni capital Washukanni.[2]
- 1342 BC—Pharaoh King Tut (Tutankhamun/Tutankhamen)is born.
- c. 1340 BC—Citadel walls are built in Mycenae.
Births
- c.
- c. 1348 BC - Ankhesenamun[3]
References
- ISBN 978-0-19-872149-9. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ISBN 978-1-78888-021-3. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ISBN 978-0-9864254-9-3. Retrieved 24 February 2024.