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The 1400s BC is a 
decade
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which lasted from 1409 BC to 1400 BC.
Events and trends
* April 16, 1409 BCLunar
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Saros 38 begins.
* 1400 BC
The 1400s BC is a decade which lasted from 1409 BC to 1400 BC.
Events and trends
* April 16, 1409 BC Lunar Saros 38 begins.
* 1400 BC—Palace of Minos destroyed by fire.
* 1400 BC—Estimation: Thebes, capital of Egypt becomes the largest ...
—Palace of Minos
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destroyed by fire.
* 1400 BC—Estimation: Thebes, capital of Egypt
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becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Memphis
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* Memphis, Tennessee, a major American city
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in Egypt
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.''Four Thousand Years of Urban Growth: An Historical Census'' by Tertius Chandler. 1987, St. David's University Press, cited in
* c. 1400 BC—Assyrians
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became very powerful.
* c. Beginning of Mycenaean era.
* c. 1400 BC—The center of political and cultural power in the Aegean has shifted from Crete
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to mainland Greece
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, which at that time is home to wealthy warrior-kings.
* c. 1400 BC – 1350 BC
Events and trends
* c. 1352 BC – Amenhotep III (Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt) dies and is succeeded as Pharaoh by Amenhotep IV.
* 1350 BC – Yin becomes the new capital of Shang dynasty
The Shang dynasty (), also known as ...
– Garden of Nebamum (Pond in a Garden) wall painting from the tomb of Nebamum, Thebes. Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt
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. It is now kept in The British Museum
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, London
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.
* c. 1400 BC — Lion Gate at Hattushash
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(near modern Boghazkeui, Turkey
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) is made.
* c. 1400 BC – 1200 BC
The 1200s BC is a decade which lasted from 1209 BC to 1200 BC.
Events and trends
* 1207 BC
**Pharaoh Merneptah claims a victory over the Ysrir, identified by some historians as the Israelites.
** October 30 – Earliest known dateable solar ...
—Two women with a child, found in the palace at Mycenae
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, Greece
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, are made. It is now at National Archaeological Museum of Athens
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.
* Linear A
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reaches its peak of popularity.
* The height of the Canaan
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ite town of Ugarit
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.
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