1340s BC
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Centuries: 15th century BC - 14th century BC - 13th century BC
Decades: 1390s BC 1380s BC 1370s BC 1360s BC 1350s BC - 1340s BC - 1330s BC 1320s BC 1310s BC 1300s BC 1290s BC
[edit] Events and trends
- 1348 BC - Amenhotep IV changes his name to Akhenaten.
- 1348 BC - 1336 BC/1335 BC: Akhenaten and his family, relief from Akhetaten (modern el-Amarna) was made. 18th dynasty. It is now in Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Ägyptisches Museum.
- c. 1348 BC - 1336 BC/1335 BC: Nefertiti, bust from Akhetaten (modern Amarna) was made. 18th dynasty. It is now in Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Ägyptisches Museum.
- c. 1348 BC - 1336 BC/1335 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 fascimile by Charles K. Wilkinson of a wall 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 succeeded by his younger brother Cecrops II.
- 1346 BC - Pharaoh Amenhotep IV of Egypt begins his Cult of Aten and begins construction of Amarna intended to be his new capital.
- 1345 BC - Pharaoh Amenhotep IV of Egypt renames himself to Akhenaten.
- 1344 BC – 1322 BC - Beginning of Hittite empire.
[edit] Significant people
- 1341 BC/ 1340 BC - Birth of Tutankhaten, later Pharaoh of Egypt as Tutankhamun (approximate date).
