1400–1301 BC12 events8 regions
14th century BC
In the 14th century BC: 12 events across 8 regions, including Poverty Point culture, Akhenaten founds Akhetaten at Amarna, Phùng Nguyên culture.
Events
Western and Central Europe
- Burial of the Egtved Girl1370 BC
Balkans and Anatolia
- Uluburun shipwreckc. 1320 BC
Middle East and Egypt
- Gilukhepa of Mitanni comes to Amenhotep IIIc. 1382 BC
- Ashur-uballit I writes to the king of Egypt (EA 15)c. 1350 BC
- Akhenaten founds Akhetaten at Amarnac. 1349 BC
- Tutankhamun's Restoration Stelabetween 1332 and 1323 BC
- Untash-Napirisha builds the ziggurat of Chogha Zanbilbetween 1345 and 1305 BC
South Asia
- Gandhara grave culture of Swatc. 1400 BC – c. 800 BC
East Asia
- Zhengzhou Shang City and the Erligang culturec. 1600 BC – c. 1400 BC
Southeast Asia and Oceania
- Phùng Nguyên culturec. 1800 BC – c. 1400 BC
North America
- Poverty Point culturec. 1730 BC – c. 1350 BC
Latin America
- Ballcourt of Paso de la Amadac. 1400 BC
Still going on
Processes that began earlier and continued through this period
- Hạ Long culturec. 2550 BC – c. 1050 BC · Southeast Asia and Oceania
- Lower Xiajiadian culturec. 2000 BC – c. 1300 BC · East Asia
- Saqqaq culturec. 2500 BC – c. 800 BC · North America
- Late Harappan transformation of the Indus citiesc. 1900 BC – c. 1300 BC · South Asia
- Cemetery H culturec. 1900 BC – c. 1300 BC · South Asia
- Andronovo cultural communityc. 2000 BC – c. 1150 BC · Central and Northern Asia
- Srubnaya (Timber-grave) culturec. 1900 BC – c. 1200 BC · Eastern Europe
- Wairajirca pottery of the Huánuco basinc. 1750 BC – c. 1150 BC · Latin America
- Tumulus culturec. 1600 BC – c. 1300 BC · Western and Central Europe
- Terramare culturec. 1650 BC – c. 1170 BC · Western and Central Europe
- Composition of the Rigvedic hymnsc. 1500 BC – c. 1200 BC · South Asia
- Tichitt tradition of the Mauritanian escarpmentsc. 2000 BC – c. 400 BC · Africa
- Early Mumun farming villages in Koreac. 1500 BC – c. 850 BC · East Asia
- Karasuk culturec. 1500 BC – c. 800 BC · Central and Northern Asia
- Lapita cultural complexc. 1600 BC – c. 500 BC · Southeast Asia and Oceania
- Gajiganna culture of the Lake Chad plainsc. 1800 BC – between 500 and 1 BC · Africa
- Nok culturec. 1500 BC – c. 1 BC · Africa