1420s BC

The 1420s BC is a decade which lasted from 1429 BC to 1420 BC.

Millennium: 2nd millennium BC
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
  • 1429 BC
  • 1428 BC
  • 1427 BC
  • 1426 BC
  • 1425 BC
  • 1424 BC
  • 1423 BC
  • 1422 BC
  • 1421 BC
  • 1420 BC
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Head of Thutmose IV (18th Dynasty)
  • The Egyptian Empire signs a peace treaty with the Kingdom of Mitanni (approximately 1420s BC). Pharaoh Thutmose IV marries Mutemwiya, daughter of the Mitanni king Artatama I, and recognizes their borders. Both kings frequently refer to one another as 'beloved brothers', and grant one another great gifts.
  • Crete changed into the Mycenae civilization (approximately 1420s BC)—start of the Mycenaean period.[1]

Significant people

In fiction
  • Ultima II: The Revenge of the Enchantress requires the player to travel through time to the year 1423 BC.

References
  1. "History of Minoan Crete". ancient-greece.org. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  2. "Amenhotep II | king of Egypt". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2020-01-18.


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