1400s BC (decade)

The 1400s BC is a decade that lasted from 1409 BC to 1400 BC. 140 thumb|550px|right|Near East in 1400 BCE. Events and trends April 16, 1409 BC Lunar Saros 38 begins.http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEsaros/LEsaroscat.html NASA - Lunar Eclipses of Saros Series 1 to 180 2011-06-20 dead https://archive.today/20121213172510/http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEsaros/LEsaroscat.html 2012-12-13 1400 BC – Palace of Minos destroyed by fire. 1400 BC – Estimation: Thebes, capital of Egypt becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Memphis in Egypt.Four Thousand Years of Urban Growth: An Historical Census by Tertius Chandler. 1987, St. David's University Press, cited in Matt T. Rosenberg http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa011201a.htm Largest Cities Through History About.com Geography 2006-03-01 2016-08-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20160818124242/http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa011201a.htm dead c. 1400 BC – Assyrians became very powerful. c. Beginning of Mycenaean era. c. 1400 BC – The center of political and cultural power in the Aegean has shifted from Crete to mainland Greece, which at that time is home to wealthy warrior-kings. c. 1400 BC – 1350 BC – Garden of Nebamum (Pond in a Garden) wall painting from the tomb of Nebamum, Thebes. Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt. It is now kept in The British Museum, London. c. 1400 BC – Lion Gate at Hattushash (near modern Boghazkeui, Turkey) is made. c. 1400 BC – 1200 BC – Two women with a child, found in the palace at Mycenae, Greece, are made. It is now at National Archaeological Museum of Athens. Linear A reaches its peak of popularity. The height of the Canaanite town of Ugarit. References