1400s BC (decade)

The 1400s BC is a decade which lasted from 1409 BC to 1400 BC.

Millennium
2nd millennium BC
Centuries
  • 16th century BC
  • 15th century BC
  • 14th century BC
Decades
  • 1420s BC
  • 1410s BC
  • 1400s BC
  • 1390s BC
  • 1380s BC
Years
  • 1409 BC
  • 1408 BC
  • 1407 BC
  • 1406 BC
  • 1405 BC
  • 1404 BC
  • 1403 BC
  • 1402 BC
  • 1401 BC
  • 1400 BC
Categories
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Near East in 1400 BCE.

Events and trends

  • April 16, 1409 BC Lunar Saros 38 begins.[1]
  • 1400 BC—Palace of Minos destroyed by fire.
  • 1400 BC—Estimation: Thebes, capital of Egypt becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Memphis in Egypt.[2]
  • c. 1400 BC—Assyrians 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 to mainland Greece, which at that time is home to wealthy warrior-kings.
  • c. 1400 BC – 1350 BC – Garden of Nebamum (Pond in a Garden) wall painting from the tomb of Nebamum, Thebes. Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt. It is now kept in The British Museum, London.
  • c. 1400 BC — Lion Gate at Hattushash (near modern Boghazkeui, Turkey) is made.
  • c. 1400 BC – 1200 BC—Two women with a child, found in the palace at Mycenae, Greece, are made. It is now at National Archaeological Museum of Athens.
  • Linear A reaches its peak of popularity.
  • The height of the Canaanite town of Ugarit.

References

  1. ^ "NASA - Lunar Eclipses of Saros Series 1 to 180". Archived from the original on 2012-12-13. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
  2. ^ Four Thousand Years of Urban Growth: An Historical Census by Tertius Chandler. 1987, St. David's University Press, cited in Rosenberg, Matt T. "Largest Cities Through History". About.com Geography. Archived from the original on 2016-08-18. Retrieved 2006-03-01.