1400 BCE

c. 1400 BC – Lion Gate at Hattushash (near modern Boghazkeui, Turkey) is made. c. 1400 BC – Assyrians became very powerful. 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.

In the 15th century BC.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • 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.source
  • c. 1400 BC – Assyrians became very powerful.source

Conflict & Security

  • 1400 BC – Estimation: Thebes, capital of Egypt becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Memphis in Egypt.source

Exploration & Expansion

  • c. 1400 BC – Lion Gate at Hattushash (near modern Boghazkeui, Turkey) is made.source

Disasters & Accidents

  • 1400 BC – Palace of Minos destroyed by fire.source

Culture & Society

  • 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.source
  • 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.source