The 14th century BC
22 sourced entries across 20 documented years, grouped into 0 decades. A century here runs 1900–1999 rather than 1901–2000, so its decades sit inside it exactly.
Decades
A few of the years
- 1398 BCE1398 BC—Birth of Tiy to Egyptian nobleman Yuya and his wife Tjuyu. She later becomes the Chief Queen of Pharaoh Amenhotep III of Egypt and the matriarch of the Amarna family (approximate date).
- 1352 BCEc. 1352 BC – Amenhotep III (Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt) dies and is succeeded as Pharaoh by Amenhotep IV.
- 1348 BCEc. 1348 BC—Pharaoh Amenhotep IV changes his name to Akhenaten.
- 1346 BCE1346 BC—Amenhotep IV of Egypt begins his Cult of Aten and begins construction of Amarna intended to be his new capital.
- 1344 BCEc. 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.
- 1340 BCEc. 1340 BC—Citadel walls are built in Mycenae.
- 1337 BCE1337 BC: Queen Nefertiti of Egypt vanishes from the historical record. Presumed death.
- 1324 BCE1324 BC – The Hittite Empire prince Zannanza was killed on his way to Egypt at the request of the Egyptian queen Ankhesenamun to become her husband and king of Egypt.