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1340s Bc

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EVENTS AND TRENDS

1347 BC - Legendary King Erechtheus II is reportedly killed by Lightning after a reign of 50 years and is succeeded by his younger brother Cecrops II .

1346 BC - Pharaoh Amenhotep IV of Egypt begins his Cult of Aten and begins construction of Amarna intended to be his new capital.

1345 BC - Pharaoh Amenhotep IV of Egypt renames himself to Akhenaton .

1344 BC – 1322 BC - Beginning of Hittite Empire .

SIGNIFICANT PEOPLE

1341 BC / 1340 BC - Birth of Tutankhaten , later Pharaoh of Egypt as Tutankhamun (approximate date).