Editing 1340s BC (section)

==Events and trends==
*c. [[1348 BC]]—Pharaoh [[Amenhotep IV]] changes his name to [[Akhenaten]].
*1348 BC–[[1336 BC]]: [[Akhenaten]] and his family, relief from [[Akhetaten]] (modern [[el-Amarna]]) was made. 18th dynasty. It is now in [[Staatliche Museen zu Berlin]], [[Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz]], [[Ägyptisches Museum]].
*c. 1348 BC–1336 BC: [[Nefertiti]], bust from [[Akhetaten]] (modern [[Amarna]]) was made. 18th dynasty. It is now in [[Staatliche Museen zu Berlin]], [[Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz]], [[Ägyptisches Museum]].
*c. 1348 BC–1336 BC: Tish-shaped vase, from [[Akhetaten]] (modern [[Tell el-Amarna]]) was made. 18th dynasty. It is now in the [[British Museum]], [[London]].
*c. 1348 BC–[[1327 BC]]: State ship, detail of a tempera facsimile by [[Charles K. Wilkinson]] of a cow painting in the tomb of the governor of [[Nubia]] [[Amenhotep Huy]] in [[Qurnet Murai]] was made. 18th dynasty. It is now in the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], [[New York City|New York]].
*[[1347 BC]]—Legendary King [[Erechtheus II]] is reportedly killed by [[lightning]] after a reign of 50 years and is followed by his younger brother [[Cecrops II]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Harding |first1=Phillip |title=Androtion and the Atthis |date=2001 |publisher=Clarendon Press |isbn=978-0-19-872149-9 |page=4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BjrDjYGOKB0C |access-date=24 February 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1346 BC]]—[[Amenhotep IV]] of [[Egypt]] begins his Cult of [[Aten]] and begins construction of [[Amarna]] intended to be his new capital. 
*[[1345 BC]]–[[Amenhotep IV]] of [[Egypt]] renames himself to [[Akhenaten]].
*c. [[1344 BC]]–King [[Šuppiluliuma I]] of the [[Hittites]] invades the [[Anatolia]]n heartland and launches two campaigns against the [[Mitanni]]. This culminates in the sack of the Mitanni capital [[Washukanni]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Woolf |first1=Alex |title=The History of the World: The Story of Mankind from Prehistory to the Modern Day |date=21 September 2017 |publisher=Arcturus Publishing |isbn=978-1-78888-021-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mL02DwAAQBAJ |access-date=24 February 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1342 BC]]—Pharaoh [[Tutankhamun|King Tut (Tutankhamun/Tutankhamen)]] is born.
*c. [[1340 BC]]—Citadel walls are built in [[Mycenae]].