1340s BC

The 1340s BC is a decade which lasted from 1349 BC to 1340 BC.

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

1. Harding, Phillip (2001). Androtion and the Atthis. Clarendon Press. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-19-872149-9. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
2. 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.
3. 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.