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CalendarHome.com - 14th century BC - Calendar Encyclopedia (662 words) |
 | 1397 BC - Pandion, legendary King of Athens, dies after a reign of 40 years and is succeeded by his son Erechtheus II of Athens. |
| 1334 BC/1333 BC - Death of Smenkhkare, Pharaoh of Egypt and co-ruler with Akhenaton. |
| 1334 BC/1333 BC - Death of Akhenaton, Pharaoh of Egypt. |
| Knossos (788 words) |
| Knossos was inhabited for several thousand years, beginning with a neolithic settlement sometime in the seventh millennium BC, and was abandoned after its destruction in 1375 BC which marked the end of Minoan civilization. |
| The first palace on the low hill beside the Krairatos river was built around 1900 BC on the ruins of previous settlements. |
| It was immediately rebuilt to an even more elaborate complex and until its abandonment was damaged several times during earthquakes, invasions, and in 1450 BC by the colossal volcanic eruption of Thera, and the invasion of Mycenaeans who used it as their capital as they ruled the island of Crete until 1375 BC. |
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