The 14th century BCE saw the great powers of the Late Bronze Age Near East linked by diplomacy, marriage alliances and trade. In Egypt the long reign of Amenhotep III gave way to Akhenaten's religious upheaval at Amarna and the brief rule of Tutankhamun, while diplomatic letters preserved at Amarna show the pharaohs corresponding with kings in Babylon, Mitanni, Hatti and Assyria. The Hittite king Suppiluliuma I expanded his realm and shattered the power of Mitanni, and Assyria began its rise under Ashur-uballit I. Mycenaean palaces flourished in Greece, and ships such as the one wrecked at Uluburun carried copper, tin and luxury goods around the Mediterranean.
Before and after
- c. 1,500 BCERigveda
- c. 1,500 BCEOrigins of Zoroastrianism
- c. 1,460 BCEEruption of Taupo
- c. 1,400 BCEOlmecas
- from c. 1,400 BCE to 1,301 BCE14th century BC
- c. 1,400 BCEConstruction of Luxor Temple
- c. 1,370 BCEBirth of Nefertiti
- c. 1,370 BCEEruption of Witori
- c. 1,343 BCEBirth of Tutankhamun
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- 25 March 421 CEFounding of Venice
The era
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