14th Century Bc

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Overview

Events

1397 BC - Pandion I , legendary King Of Athens , dies after a reign of 40 years and is succeeded by his son Erechtheus II of Athens.

1385 BC - Pharaoh Amenhotep III of Egypt marries Tiy , his Chief Queen .

1380 BC - Pharaoh Amenhotep II connects the Nile and the Red Sea with a canal.

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 .

1336 BC - Pharaoh Akhenaton of Egypt names Smenkhkare as a co-ruler.

1334 BC / 1333 BC - Tutankhaten becomes Pharaoh of Egypt and marries Ankhesenpaaten , daughter and wife of his predecessor Akhenaton .

1331 BC - Pharaoh Tutankhaten of Egypt renames himself to Tutankhamun and abandons Amarna , returning the capital to Thebes .

1310s BC - The Bhagavad Gita is written, according to some Hindu traditions.

1300s BC - Cecrops II , legendary King Of Athens , dies after a reign of 40 years and is succeeded by his son Pandion II . Pandion II was later driven into exile from Athens by the sons of Cecrops II 's brother (or possibly nephew) Metion , so that Metion could take power. Pandion II fled to Megara , where he married the King's daughter and eventually inherited the throne. After his death, Pandion II 's sons returned to Athens and drove out the sons of Metion .

1300 BC — Moses leads the Hebrews from Eygpt , to the land of Israel .

Significant persons

1398 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).

1366 BC - Birth of Princess Tadukhipa to Tusratta , King of Mitanni and his Queen Juni . She will be later married to Amenhotep III and after his death to his son and heir Amenhotep IV Akhenaton . She is variously identified with Akhenaton's Queens Nefertiti and Kiya .

1362 BC - Birth of the later Pharaoh Amenhotep IV Akhenaton to Amenhotep III and his Queen Tiy .

1350 BC - Pharaoh Amenhotep IV Akhenaton rises to the throne of Egypt .

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

1338 BC - Queen Tiy of Egypt , Chief Queen of Amenhotep III and Matriarch of the Amarna family, vanishes from the historical record. Presumed death.

1337 BC - Queen Nefertiti of Egypt vanishes from the historical record. Presumed death.

1334 BC / 1333 BC - Death of Smenkhkare , Pharaoh of Egypt and co-ruler with Akhenaton .

1320 BC - Birth of later Pharaoh Ramses II of Egypt (approximate date).

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