1340s BC

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

Millennium: 2nd millennium BC
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  • 1349 BC
  • 1348 BC
  • 1347 BC
  • 1346 BC
  • 1345 BC
  • 1344 BC
  • 1343 BC
  • 1342 BC
  • 1341 BC
  • 1340 BC
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  • Births
  • c. 1348 BC—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, 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, 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 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.
  • 1342 BC-Pharaoh King Tut (Tutankhamun/Tutankhaten) is born.
  • c. 1340 BC—Citadel walls are built in Mycenae.

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