1400s BC (1 events)
1391 BC
ID: 3650
Amenhotep III becomes pharaoh - Egypt reaches zenith of artistic and international power
ID: 3650
1360s BC (1 events)
1353 BC
ID: 3651
Akhenaten becomes pharaoh - marries Nefertiti, begins planning religious revolution
ID: 3651
1350s BC (3 events)
1350 BC
ID: 3609
Ashur-uballit I establishes Assyrian independence from Mitanni - beginning of Middle Assyrian Empire
ID: 3609
1346 BC
ID: 3652
Akhetaten founded - Akhenaten moves capital to virgin site, dedicated to Aten, abandons Thebes
ID: 3652
1344 BC
ID: 3653
Aten declared sole god - Akhenaten closes temples of other gods, erases names, priests dispossessed
ID: 3653
1340s BC (4 events)
1340 BC
ID: 3654
Amarna art style flourishes - revolutionary naturalistic art depicts royal family intimately, elongated forms
ID: 3654
1336 BC
ID: 3655
Nefertiti disappears - either dies or falls from power, succession crisis begins
ID: 3655
1334 BC
ID: 3656
Death of Akhenaten - 'heretic pharaoh' dies, Amarna period ends, monotheistic experiment fails
ID: 3656
1332 BC
ID: 3657
Tutankhamun restores old gods - boy king returns capital to Thebes, reopens temples, appeases priests
ID: 3657
1330s BC (1 events)
1323 BC
ID: 3658
Death of Tutankhamun at 19 - buried with unprecedented treasures, possible murder, end of Amarna line
ID: 3658
1320s BC (1 events)
1319 BC
ID: 3659
Horemheb erases Amarna period - systematically destroys Akhetaten, removes names from records
ID: 3659
1310s BC (1 events)
1307 BC
ID: 4629
Adad-nirari I defeats Hanigalbat (remnant of Mitanni) - establishes Assyrian control over upper Mesopotamia
ID: 4629
1300s BC (1 events)
1300 BC
ID: 3610
Pan Geng moves Shang capital to Yin (Anyang) - stabilizes dynasty, beginning of late Shang period
ID: 3610