The 14th century BC was the century that lasted from the year 1400 BC until 1301 BC. Near East 1400 BCE

Events

* 1350 – 1250 BC: The Bajío phase of the San Lorenzo site in

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; large public buildings are constructed. * Pastoral nomadism develops in the steppes of

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; cattle are watched on horseback.

Middle East

* 1400 – 1250 BC: The heyday of the

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n city of

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. A written alphabet is attested by Ugaritic texts. * c. 1380 – 1336 BC: The reign of

Šuppiluliuma I Suppiluliuma I () or Suppiluliumas I () was king of the Hittites (r. c. 1344–1322 BC ( short chronology)). He achieved fame as a great warrior and statesman, successfully challenging the then-dominant Egyptian Empire for control of the lands bet ...

, who leads the

Hittite Empire The Hittites () were an Anatolian people who played an important role in establishing first a kingdom in Kussara (before 1750 BC), then the Kanesh or Nesha kingdom (c. 1750–1650 BC), and next an empire centered on Hattusa in north-centr ...

to its peak. Šuppiluliuma I conquers the weakened

Hurrian The Hurrians (; cuneiform: ; transliteration: ''Ḫu-ur-ri''; also called Hari, Khurrites, Hourri, Churri, Hurri or Hurriter) were a people of the Bronze Age Near East. They spoke a Hurrian language and lived in Anatolia, Syria and Northern ...

kingdom of Mitanni in the second half of the century. Assyria is emancipated under Ashur-uballit I. * 1372 – 1350 BC: Akhetaton (Amarna) is constructed as the ephemeral capital of the pharaoh Akhenaten and dedicated to the sun god Aten. It is abandoned a few years after Akhenaten's death. * c. 1325 BC: Pharaoh Tutankhamun dies and is buried in a richly furnished tomb in the Valley of the Kings. * c. 1320 – 1295 BC: The sinking of the Uluburun shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea south of modern-day Kaş. * Lycian pirates from southwest Anatolia raid the kingdom of Alashiya in Cyprus. They are employed as mercenaries by the Hittites and take part in the Battle of Kadesh. * An Ugaritic ''patera'', with its embossed decoration in concentric zones and hunting scenes, reveals an exceptional level in goldsmithing.

Europe

* c. 1400 – 1300 BC: ** A glacial rise is attested by the bog, peat bog of the glacier of Tyrol. ** Phase III A of the Greece, Greek Bronze Age. Contacts with the Mycenaean Greece, Mycenaean civilization are established at Thapsos, Syracuse, Sicily, Syracuse, Scoglio del Tonno in the Gulf of Taranto, and Ischia on the Tyrrhenian Sea, Tyrrhenian coast. * 1400 – 1370 BC: Phase III A1 of the Helladic chronology#Late Helladic (LH), Late Helladic period in Greece. Palaces are constructed in Tiryns and Pylos. Linear B, which transcribes an Mycenaean Greek, archaic form of Greek, appears in the palace of Knossos at the end of Phase III A1 of the Minoan civilization, Late Minoan period. * 1370 – 1340 BC: Phase III A2 of the Helladic chronology#Late Helladic (LH), Late Helladic period in Greece. * 1340 – 1190 BC: Phase III B of the Helladic chronology#Late Helladic (LH), Late Helladic period in Greece. Beehive tombs are constructed in Epirus and Thessaly, and a palace is constructed in Athens. * 1380 – 1120 BC: A Mycenaean sanctuary is built in Phylakopi. * c. 1370 BC: The Hagia Triada Sarcophagus is created in Crete. * c. 1350 – 1330 BC: The reconstruction of the palace and Cyclopean masonry, Cyclopean enclosure at Mycenae, then at its peak under the reign of the legendary king and queen Perseus and Andromeda (mythology), Andromeda.

References

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