Editing 1400s BC (decade) (section)

==Events and trends==

* April 16, 1409 BC [[Lunar eclipse|Lunar]] [[Saros cycle|Saros]] 38 begins.<ref name=Saros>{{cite web |url=http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEsaros/LEsaroscat.html |title=NASA - Lunar Eclipses of Saros Series 1 to 180 |access-date=2011-06-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121213172510/http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEsaros/LEsaroscat.html |archive-date=2012-12-13 }} </ref>
* [[1400 BC]]—[[Palace of Minos]] destroyed by fire.
* 1400 BC—Estimation: [[Thebes, Egypt|Thebes]], capital of [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt]] becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from [[Memphis, Egypt|Memphis]] in [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt]].<ref name=Memphis>''Four Thousand Years of Urban Growth: An Historical Census'' by Tertius Chandler. 1987, St. David's University Press, cited in {{cite web|first=Matt T.|last=Rosenberg|url=http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa011201a.htm|title=Largest Cities Through History|work=About.com Geography|access-date=2006-03-01|archive-date=2016-08-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818124242/http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa011201a.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* c. 1400 BC—[[ancient Assyrians|Assyrians]] became very powerful.
* c. Beginning of [[Mycenaean era]].
* c. 1400 BC—The center of political and cultural power in the [[Aegean Sea|Aegean]] has shifted from [[Crete]] to mainland [[Greece]], which at that time is home to wealthy warrior-kings.
* c. 1400 BC – [[1350 BC]] – Garden of Nebamum (Pond in a Garden) wall painting from the tomb of Nebamum, Thebes. [[Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt]]. It is now kept in The [[British Museum]], [[London]].
* 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]], are made. It is now at [[National Archaeological Museum of Athens]].
* [[Linear A]] reaches its peak of popularity.
* The height of the [[Canaan]]ite town of [[Ugarit]].