1370s BC

The 1370s BC refers to the period between 1379 BC and 1370 BC, the 1370s was the third decade of the 14th century BC.

  • The cutting down of the oak log that the Egtved Girl (in today's Denmark) was buried in. It is dated to the summer of 1370 BC.
  • c. 1375 BC—Minoan culture ends on Crete.
  • c. 1375 BC—Site of palace complex Knossos is abandoned.[1]
  • 1378 BC—Old Assyrian Empire disestablished.

Significant people

  • Akhenaten is thought to have been born in this decade.
  • Nefertiti is thought to have been born in this decade.

References

  1. ^ Castleden, Rodney (1993). Life in Bronze Age Crete. London; New York: Routledge. p. 35.
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