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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium BC |
| Centuries: | 16th century BC - 15th century BC - 14th century BC |
| Decades: | 1430s BC 1420s BC 1410s BC - 1400s BC - 1390s BC 1380s BC 1370s BC |
| Years: | 1409 BC 1408 BC 1407 BC 1406 BC 1405 BC 1404 BC 1403 BC 1402 BC 1401 BC 1400 BC |
| Categories: | Births - Deaths - Architecture Establishments - Disestablishments |
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 — 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.
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