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{{Short description|One hundred years, from 1400 BC to 1301 BC}}
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The '''14th century BC''' is a ] which lasted from the year 1400 BC until 1301 BC. The '''14th century BC''' was the ] that lasted from the year 1400 BC until 1301 BC.


==Events== ==Events==
* 1350 – 1250 BC: the Bajío phase of the ] site in ]; large public buildings are constructed.<ref>{{Cite book |first1=Victoria |last1=Bricker |first2=Jeremy A. |last2=Sabloff |title=Supplement to the Handbook of Middle American Indians |volume=1 |publisher=University of Texas Press |year=2012 |isbn=978-0-292-74441-7 |page=376}}</ref>
* Pastoral nomadism develops in the steppes of ]; cattle are watched on horseback.<ref>{{Cite book |language=fr |first1=Hervé |last1=Beaumont |title=Asie centrale |publisher=Editions Marcus |year=2008 |isbn=978-2-7131-0228-8 |page=101}}</ref>

===Middle East and Africa===
]
]]] ]]]
* 1400 – 1250 BC: the heyday of the ]n city of ].<ref name="Papin">{{Cite book |first=Yves Denis |last=Papin |title=Chronologie de l'histoire ancienne |language=fr |publisher=Éditions Jean-paul Gisserot |year=1998 |isbn=978-2-87747-346-0 |page=12}}</ref> ] is attested by Ugaritic texts.<ref>{{Cite book |first=Frank |last=Lalou |title=Les 22 clés de l'alphabet hébraïque |language=fr |publisher=Desclée De Brouwer |year=2016 |isbn=978-2-220-02025-9 |page=38}}</ref>
* c. 1380 – ]: the reign of ], who leads the ] to its peak.<ref name="GRoux">{{Cite book |first=Georges |last=Roux |title=La Mésopotamie |language=fr |publisher=Seuil |year=1995 |isbn=978-2-02-008632-5 |page=559}}</ref> Šuppiluliuma I conquers the weakened ] kingdom of ] in the second half of the century. ] is emancipated under ].<ref>{{Cite book |language=fr |first1=Jacques |last1=Freu |first2=Michel |last2=Mazoyer |title=L'apogée du nouvel empire hittite |publisher=L'Harmattan |year=2008 |isbn=978-2-296-21119-3 |page=13}}</ref>
* 1372 – 1350 BC: Akhetaton (]) is constructed as the ephemeral capital of the pharaoh ] and dedicated to the sun god ]. It is abandoned a few years after Akhenaten's death.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Simpson |first=William Kelly |author-link=William Kelly Simpson |title=The Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt |publisher=] |year=1998 |isbn=978-0-300-07747-6 |page=181}}</ref>
* c. 1325 BC: Pharaoh ] dies and is buried in a richly furnished tomb in the ].<ref name="GRoux"/>
* c. 1320 – 1295 BC: the sinking of the ] in the ] south of modern-day ].<ref>{{Cite book |first1=Harry |last1=Fokkens |first2=Anthony |last2=Harding |title=The Oxford Handbook of the European Bronze Age |publisher=OUP Oxford |year=2013 |isbn=978-0-19-957286-1 |page=383}}</ref>
* ]n pirates from southwest ] raid the kingdom of ] in ]. They are employed as mercenaries by the Hittites and take part in the ].<ref>{{Cite book |first=Nancy H. |last=Demand |title=The Mediterranean Context of Early Greek History |publisher=] |year=2011 |isbn=978-1-4443-4234-5 |page=206}}</ref>
* An Ugaritic '']'', with its embossed decoration in concentric zones and hunting scenes, reveals an exceptional level in goldsmithing.<ref>{{Cite book |first=Bénédicte |last=Ottinger |title=L'art et la chasse |language=fr |publisher=Renaissance Du Livre |year=2002 |isbn=978-2-8046-0679-4 |page=12}}</ref>


===Europe===
* ]: ], legendary ], dies after a reign of 40 years and is succeeded by his son ] of ].
* c. 1400 – 1300 BC:
* ]: In ], emergence of the ]ns as an independent power.
** A glacial rise is attested by the ] of the glacier of ].<ref>{{Cite book |first=Robert |last=Vivian |title=Les glaciers du Mont-Blanc |language=fr |publisher=La Fontaine de Siloë |year=2005 |isbn=978-2-84206-285-9 |page=20}}</ref>
* ]: ] ] of ] marries ], his ].
** Phase III A of the ] ].<ref>{{Cite book |first=Claude |last=Baurain |title=Les Grecs et la Méditerranée orientale : des siècles "obscurs" à la fin de l'époque archaïque |language=fr |publisher=Presses universitaires de France |year=1997 |page=60}}</ref> Contacts with the ] are established at ], ], Scoglio del Tonno in the ], and ] on the ].<ref>{{Cite book |first1=Claude |last1=Mossé |first2=Annie |last2=Schnapp-Gourbeillon |title=Précis d'histoire grecque |language=fr |publisher=Armand Colin |year=2009 |isbn=978-2-200-28392-6 |page=69}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |first=Jean MacIntosh |last=Turfa |title=The Etruscan World |publisher=] |year=2014 |isbn=978-1-134-05523-4 |page=198}}</ref>
* ]: ] connects the ] and the ] with a canal.
* 1400 – 1370 BC: phase III A1 of the ] period in Greece.<ref name="Feuer">{{Cite book |first=Bryan |last=Feuer |title=Mycenaean Civilization |publisher=] |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-7864-2698-0 |page=6}}</ref> Palaces are constructed in ] and ].<ref name="Poursat">{{Cite book |first=Jean-Claude |last=Poursat |title=La Grèce préclassique |language=fr |publisher=Points |year=2014 |isbn=978-2-7578-4500-4 |page=49}}</ref> ], which transcribes an ], appears in the palace of ] at the end of Phase III A1 of the ] period.<ref>{{Cite book |first=Rina |last=Viers |title=Des signes pictographiques à l'alphabet : la communication écrite en Méditerranée : actes du colloque, 14 et 15 mai 1996, Villa grecque Kérylos, Fondation Théodore Reinach (Beaulieu-sur-mer) |language=fr |publisher=Karthala |year=2000 |isbn=978-2-86537-996-5 |page=219}}</ref>
* ]: The ] conquer all of the Kingdom of ] west of the ]. (J.M. Roberts, The New History of the World (2003), p 84.)
* 1370 – 1340 BC: phase III A2 of the ] period in Greece.<ref name="Feuer"/>
* ]: Danish ] is buried.
* 1340 – 1190 BC: phase III B of the ] period in Greece.<ref name="Feuer"/> ]s are constructed in ] and ],<ref>{{Cite book |first1=Nicolas |last1=Platon |first2=Béatrice |last2=de Tournay |title=La Civilisation égéenne : Le Bronze récent et la civilisation mycénienne |volume=2 |language=fr |publisher=Albin Michel |year=1981 |isbn=978-2-226-22522-1 |page=382}}</ref> and a palace is constructed in ].<ref>{{Cite book |first=Roland |last=Étienne |title=Athènes, espaces urbains et histoire |language=fr |publisher=Hachette Éducation |year=2004 |isbn=978-2-01-181444-9 |page=PT22}}</ref>
* ]: ] is reportedly killed by ] after a reign of 50 years and is succeeded by his younger brother ].
* 1380 – 1120 BC: a Mycenaean sanctuary is built in ].<ref name="Poursat"/>
* ]: Pharaoh ] of ] begins his Cult of ] and begins construction of ] intended to be his new capital. {{further|Amarna letters}}
* c. 1370 BC: the ] is created in ].<ref>{{Cite book |first=Ann |last=Suter |title=Lament |publisher=] |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-19-971427-8 |page=77}}</ref>
* ]: Amenhotep IV renames himself ].
* c. 1350 – 1330 BC: the reconstruction of the palace and ] enclosure at ], then at its peak under the reign of the legendary king and queen ] and ].<ref>{{Cite book |first=Paul |last=Faure |author-link1=Paul Faure (archaeologist) |first2=Marie-Jeanne |last2=Gaignerot |title=Guide grec antique |publisher=Hachette Éducation Technique |year=1991 |isbn=978-2-01-181766-2 |page=PT65}}</ref>
* ]: Akhenaten names ] as a co-ruler.
* c. ]: ] becomes Pharaoh of Egypt and marries ], daughter and wife of his predecessor ].
* ]: Tutankhaten renames himself to ] and abandons ], returning the capital to ].
* ]: Pharaoh ] is crowned king of ]
* ]: Egypt: End of ], start of ].
* ]: The ] is written, according to some ] traditions.
* ]: ], King of Athens, dies after a reign of 40 years and is succeeded by his son ]. Pandion II was later driven into exile from Athens by the sons of Cecrops II's brother (or possibly nephew) ], so that Metion could take power. Pandion II fled to ], where he married the King's daughter and eventually inherited the throne. After his death, Pandion II's sons returned to Athens and drove out the sons of Metion.
* ]: ] becomes king of ].
* ]: ] moved the capital of ] to ].
* c. ]: Rise of the ].

==Significant persons==

Although many human societies were literate in this period, some individual persons mentioned in this article ought to be considered ]ary rather than historical.

* ]—Birth of ] to Egyptian nobleman ] and his wife ]. She later becomes the ] of ] ] of ] and the ] of the ] family. (approximate date).
* ]—Possible Birth of Prophet Moses
* ]—Pharaoh ] started to rule.
* ]—Death of ], mythical King of ].
* ]—Birth of Princess ] to ], King of ] and his ]. She will be later married to ] and after his death to his son and heir ]. She is variously identified with Akhenaton's Queens ] and ].
* ]—] rises to the throne of ].
* ]—Birth of the later ] ] to ] and his Queen ].
* ]—] ] rises to the throne of ].
* ]/]—Birth of ], later ] of ] as ] (approximate date).
* ]—Queen ] of ], Chief Queen of ] and ] of the ] family, vanishes from the historical record. Presumed death.
* ]—Queen ] of ] vanishes from the historical record. Presumed death.
* 1334 BC/]—Death of ], ] of ] and co-ruler with ].
* 1334 BC/1333 BC—Death of ], ] of ].
* ]—Death of ] ] of ].
* ]—Birth of later ] ] of ] (approximate date).
* ]—] of ].
* 1300s BC—] of ].
* ], king of the ].


==References==
==Sovereign states==
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==External links==
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The 14th century BC was the century that lasted from the year 1400 BC until 1301 BC.

Events

  • 1350 – 1250 BC: the Bajío phase of the San Lorenzo site in Mexico; large public buildings are constructed.
  • Pastoral nomadism develops in the steppes of Central Asia; cattle are watched on horseback.

Middle East and Africa

The Near East c. 1400 BC
The northern Colossus of Memnon

Europe

References

  1. Bricker, Victoria; Sabloff, Jeremy A. (2012). Supplement to the Handbook of Middle American Indians. Vol. 1. University of Texas Press. p. 376. ISBN 978-0-292-74441-7.
  2. Beaumont, Hervé (2008). Asie centrale (in French). Editions Marcus. p. 101. ISBN 978-2-7131-0228-8.
  3. Papin, Yves Denis (1998). Chronologie de l'histoire ancienne (in French). Éditions Jean-paul Gisserot. p. 12. ISBN 978-2-87747-346-0.
  4. Lalou, Frank (2016). Les 22 clés de l'alphabet hébraïque (in French). Desclée De Brouwer. p. 38. ISBN 978-2-220-02025-9.
  5. ^ Roux, Georges (1995). La Mésopotamie (in French). Seuil. p. 559. ISBN 978-2-02-008632-5.
  6. Freu, Jacques; Mazoyer, Michel (2008). L'apogée du nouvel empire hittite (in French). L'Harmattan. p. 13. ISBN 978-2-296-21119-3.
  7. Simpson, William Kelly (1998). The Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt. Yale University Press. p. 181. ISBN 978-0-300-07747-6.
  8. Fokkens, Harry; Harding, Anthony (2013). The Oxford Handbook of the European Bronze Age. OUP Oxford. p. 383. ISBN 978-0-19-957286-1.
  9. Demand, Nancy H. (2011). The Mediterranean Context of Early Greek History. John Wiley & Sons. p. 206. ISBN 978-1-4443-4234-5.
  10. Ottinger, Bénédicte (2002). L'art et la chasse (in French). Renaissance Du Livre. p. 12. ISBN 978-2-8046-0679-4.
  11. Vivian, Robert (2005). Les glaciers du Mont-Blanc (in French). La Fontaine de Siloë. p. 20. ISBN 978-2-84206-285-9.
  12. Baurain, Claude (1997). Les Grecs et la Méditerranée orientale : des siècles "obscurs" à la fin de l'époque archaïque (in French). Presses universitaires de France. p. 60.
  13. Mossé, Claude; Schnapp-Gourbeillon, Annie (2009). Précis d'histoire grecque (in French). Armand Colin. p. 69. ISBN 978-2-200-28392-6.
  14. Turfa, Jean MacIntosh (2014). The Etruscan World. Routledge. p. 198. ISBN 978-1-134-05523-4.
  15. ^ Feuer, Bryan (2004). Mycenaean Civilization. McFarland. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-7864-2698-0.
  16. ^ Poursat, Jean-Claude (2014). La Grèce préclassique (in French). Points. p. 49. ISBN 978-2-7578-4500-4.
  17. Viers, Rina (2000). Des signes pictographiques à l'alphabet : la communication écrite en Méditerranée : actes du colloque, 14 et 15 mai 1996, Villa grecque Kérylos, Fondation Théodore Reinach (Beaulieu-sur-mer) (in French). Karthala. p. 219. ISBN 978-2-86537-996-5.
  18. Platon, Nicolas; de Tournay, Béatrice (1981). La Civilisation égéenne : Le Bronze récent et la civilisation mycénienne (in French). Vol. 2. Albin Michel. p. 382. ISBN 978-2-226-22522-1.
  19. Étienne, Roland (2004). Athènes, espaces urbains et histoire (in French). Hachette Éducation. p. PT22. ISBN 978-2-01-181444-9.
  20. Suter, Ann (2008). Lament. Oxford University Press. p. 77. ISBN 978-0-19-971427-8.
  21. Faure, Paul; Gaignerot, Marie-Jeanne (1991). Guide grec antique. Hachette Éducation Technique. p. PT65. ISBN 978-2-01-181766-2.

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