page_title: 1350s BC
section_title: Events and trends
hierarchical_section_title: 1350s BC / Events and trends
caption_attribution_description: Egyptian lute players. Fresco found in Thebes, from the tomb of Nebamun, a nobleman in the 18th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt (c. 1350 BC).
context_page_description: c. 1356 BC – Amenhotep IV begins the worship of Aten in Ancient Egypt, changing his name to Akhenaten and moving the capital to Akhetaten, starting the Amarna Period.
  c. 1352 BC – Amenhotep III dies and is succeeded as Pharaoh by Amenhotep IV.
  1350 BC – Yin becomes the new capital of Shang dynasty China.
context_section_description: c. 1356 BC – Amenhotep IV begins the worship of Aten in Ancient Egypt, changing his name to Akhenaten and moving the capital to Akhetaten, starting the Amarna Period.
  c. 1352 BC – Amenhotep III (Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt) dies and is succeeded as Pharaoh by Amenhotep IV.
  1350 BC – Yin becomes the new capital of Shang dynasty China.
caption: A tomb painting depicting musicians, painted in Thebes, Egypt approximately 1350 BC
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