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Events and trends

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Events and trends

★ April 16, 1409 BC Lunar Saros 38 begins.[1]

★ 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.[2]

★ c. 1400 BC — Assyrians became very powerful.

★ 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, were made. It is now at National Archeological Museum, Athens.

★ Several board games, including Alquerque, carved into the roof of the temple at Kurna, Egypt — see History of board games.

★ Linear A reaches its peak of popularity.

★ The height of the Canaanite town of Ugarit.

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