1330s BC

Millennium:	2nd millennium BC
Centuries:	15th century BC; 14th century BC; 13th century BC;
Decades:	1350s BC; 1340s BC; 1330s BC; 1320s BC; 1310s BC;
Years:	1339 BC; 1338 BC; 1337 BC; 1336 BC; 1335 BC; 1334 BC; 1333 BC; 1332 BC; 1331 BC; 1330 BC;
Categories:	Deaths;

The 1330s BC is a decade which lasted from 1339 BC to 1330 BC.

Events and trends[]

1336 BC: Pharaoh Akhenaten of Egypt names Smenkhkare as a co-ruler.
1336 BC: Tutankhaten becomes Pharaoh of Egypt and marries Ankhesenpaaten, his half sister and cousin as well as a daughter of his predecessor Akhenaten.
c. 1336 BC: Amarna period in Ancient Egypt ends.
1336 BC – 1327 BC: Inner coffin of Tutankhamun's sarcophagus, from the tomb of Tutankhamun, Valley of the Kings near Deir el-Bahri is made. 18th dynasty. It is now in Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
1331 BC: Pharaoh Tutankhaten of Egypt renames himself to Tutankhamun and abandons Amarna, returning the capital to Thebes.

1338 BC: Queen Tiy of Egypt, Chief Queen of Amenhotep III and matriarch of the Amarna family, vanishes from the historical record. Presumed death.
1337 BC: Queen Nefertiti of Egypt vanishes from the historical record. Presumed death.
1334 BC: Death of Smenkhkare, Pharaoh of Egypt and co-ruler with Akhenaten. Alternative date is 1333 BC
1334 BC: Death of Akhenaten, Pharaoh of Egypt. Alternative date is 1333 BC

Millennium:	2nd millennium BC
Centuries:	15th century BC 14th century BC 13th century BC
Decades:	1350s BC 1340s BC 1330s BC 1320s BC 1310s BC
Years:	1339 BC 1338 BC 1337 BC 1336 BC 1335 BC 1334 BC 1333 BC 1332 BC 1331 BC 1330 BC
Categories:	Deaths