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1400s BC

Centuries: 16th century BC - 15th century BC - 14th century BC

Decades: 1450s BC 1440s BC 1430s BC 1420s BC 1410s BC - 1400s BC - 1390s BC 1380s BC 1370s BC 1360s BC 1350s BC

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Palace of Minos[?] destroyed by fire (1400 BC)
Several board games, including Alquerque, carved into the roof of the temple at Kurna[?], Egypt - see History of board games
Linear A reaches its peak of popularity
The height of the Canaanite town of Ugarit

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