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The
1340s BC
is a
decade
that lasted from 1349 BC to 1340 BC.
Contents
Events and trends
Births
References
Decade
Millennia
2nd
millennium
BC
Centuries
15th
century
BC
14th
century
BC
13th
century
BC
Decades
1360s
BC
1350s
BC
1340s
BC
1330s
BC
1320s
BC
Years
1349
BC
1348
BC
1347
BC
1346
BC
1345
BC
1344
BC
1343
BC
1342
BC
1341
BC
1340
BC
Categories
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t
e
Events and trends
c.
1348 BC
—Pharaoh
Amenhotep IV
changes his name to
Akhenaten
.
1348 BC–
1336 BC
:
Akhenaten
and his family, relief from
Akhetaten
(modern
el-Amarna
) was made. 18th dynasty. It is now in
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
,
Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz
,
Ägyptisches Museum
.
c. 1348 BC–1336 BC:
Nefertiti
, bust from
Akhetaten
(modern
Amarna
) was made. 18th dynasty. It is now in
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
,
Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz
,
Ägyptisches Museum
.
c. 1348 BC–1336 BC: Tish-shaped vase, from
Akhetaten
(modern
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
.
1347 BC
—Legendary King
Erechtheus II
is reportedly killed by
lightning
after a reign of 50 years and is followed by his younger brother
Cecrops II
.
[
1
]
1346 BC
—
Amenhotep IV
of
Egypt
begins his Cult of
Aten
and begins construction of
Amarna
intended to be his new capital.
1345 BC
–
Amenhotep IV
of
Egypt
renames himself to
Akhenaten
.
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.
1341 BC
-
Tutankhamun
,
Pharaoh
of
Egypt
c.
1348 BC
-
Ankhesenamun
[
3
]
References
↑
Harding, Phillip (2001).
Androtion and the Atthis
. Clarendon Press. p.
4.
ISBN
978-0-19-872149-9
. Retrieved
24 February
2024
.
↑
Woolf, Alex (21 September 2017).
The History of the World: The Story of Mankind from Prehistory to the Modern Day
. Arcturus Publishing.
ISBN
978-1-78888-021-3
. Retrieved
24 February
2024
.
↑
Hill, Daniel Delis (13 January 2022).
History of World Dress and Fashion, Second Edition
. Daniel Delis Hill. p.
42.
ISBN
978-0-9864254-9-3
. Retrieved
24 February
2024
.
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