Editing 1390s BC

{{short description|Decade from 1399 BC to 1390 BC}}
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The '''1390s BC''' is a [[List of decades|decade]] which lasted from 1399 BC to 1390 BC.
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==Events and trends==
*1397 BC—[[Pandion I]], legendary [[King of Athens]], dies<ref>{{cite book |last1=Harding |first1=Phillip |title=The Story of Athens: The Fragments of the Local Chronicles of Attika |date=31 October 2007 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-30446-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oj6AAgAAQBAJ |access-date=24 February 2024 |language=en |chapter=Pandion I}}</ref> after a reign of 40 years and is succeeded by his son [[Erechtheus II]] of Athens.
*c. [[1390 BC]]–[[1352 BC]]: Queen [[Tiy]], bust from [[Kom Medinet el-Ghurab]] (near [[el-Lahun]]) was made. 18th dynasty. It is now in [[Staatliche Museen zu Berlin]], [[Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz]], [[Ägyptisches Museum]].
* [[Hittites]] ruled by King [[Arnuwanda I]] (until [[1350s BC|1360]]).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bryce |first1=Trevor |title=The Kingdom of the Hittites |date=1999 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-924010-4 |page=xii |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Agg5-lpVI2MC |access-date=24 February 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

==Significant people==
*[[1398 BC]]—Birth of [[Tiy]] to Egyptian nobleman [[Yuya]] and his wife [[Tjuyu]]. She later becomes the Chief [[Queen consort|Queen]] of [[Pharaoh]] [[Amenhotep III]] of [[Egypt]] and the [[matriarch]] of the [[Amarna]] family (approximate date).
*c. [[1390 BC]]—[[Pharaoh]] [[Amenhotep III]] (18th dynasty) starts to rule.

== References ==
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