Millennia:	2nd millennium BC
Centuries:	16th century BC - 15th century BC - 14th century BC
Decades:	1430s BC 1420s BC 1410s BC - 1400s BC - 1390s BC 1380s BC 1370s BC
Years:	1409 BC 1408 BC 1407 BC 1406 BC 1405 BC 1404 BC 1403 BC 1402 BC 1401 BC 1400 BC
Categories:	Births - Deaths - State leaders - Sovereign states Establishments - Disestablishments

Events and trends

• April 16, 1409 BC Lunar Saros 38 begins.[1]
• 1400 BC — Palace of Minos destroyed by fire.
• 1400 BC — Estimation: Thebes, capital of Egypt becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Memphis in Egypt.[2]
• c. 1400 BC — Assyrians became very powerful.
• 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, Athens.
• Linear A reaches its peak of popularity.
• The height of the Canaanite town of Ugarit.

Significant people