1330s BC
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium BC |
| Centuries: | 15th century BC – 14th century BC – 13th century BC |
| Decades: | 1360s BC 1350s BC 1340s BC – 1330s BC – 1320s BC 1310s BC 1300s BC |
| Years: | 1339 BC 1338 BC 1337 BC 1336 BC 1335 BC 1334 BC 1333 BC 1332 BC 1331 BC 1330 BC |
| Categories: | Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments |
Events and trends [edit]
- 1336 BC—Pharaoh Akhenaten of Egypt names Smenkhkare as a co-ruler.
- 1336 BC—Tutankhaten becomes Pharaoh of Egypt and marries Ankhesenpaaten, daughter and wife of his predecessor Akhenaten.
- c. 1336 BC – Amarna period in Ancient Egypt ends.
- 1336 BC–1327 BC: Inner coffin of Tutankhamun's sarcophagus, from the tomb of Tutankhamun, Valley of the Kings near Deir el-Bahri is made. 18th dynasty. It is now in Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
- 1331 BC—Pharaoh Tutankhaten of Egypt renames himself to Tutankhamun and abandons Amarna, returning the capital to Thebes.
Significant people [edit]
- 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—Death of Smenkhkare, Pharaoh of Egypt and co-ruler with Akhenaten. Alternative date is 1333 BC
- 1334 BC—Death of Akhenaten, Pharaoh of Egypt. Alternative date is 1333 BC
