1370s BC

The 1370s BC refers to the period between 1379 BC and 1370 BC, the 1370s was the third decade of the 14th century BC.

Events and trends

• The cutting down of the oak log that the Egtved Girl (in today's Denmark) was buried in. It is dated to the summer of 1370 BC.
• c. 1375 BC—Minoan culture ends on Crete.
• c. 1375 BC—Site of palace complex Knossos is abandoned.^[1]
• 1378 BC—Old Assyrian Empire disestablished.

Significant people

• Akhenaten is thought to have been born in this decade.
• Nefertiti is thought to have been born in this decade.

References

1. Castleden, Rodney (1993). Life in Bronze Age Crete. London; New York: Routledge. p. 35.