Millennia:	2nd millennium BC
Centuries:	15th century BC - 14th century BC - 13th century BC
Decades:	1380s BC 1370s BC 1360s BC - 1350s BC - 1340s BC 1330s BC 1320s BC
Years:	1359 BC 1358 BC 1357 BC 1356 BC 1355 BC 1354 BC 1353 BC 1352 BC 1351 BC 1350 BC
Categories:	Births - Deaths - State leaders - Sovereign states Establishments - Disestablishments

Events and trends

• 1350 BC — Yin becomes the new capital of the Shang dynasty.
• 1352 BC — Amenhotep III (18th dynasty) dies.
• c. 1352 BC — Amenhotep IV starts to rule.

Significant people

A tomb painting depicting musicians, painted in Thebes, Egypt approximately 1350 BC

• 1352 BC — Pharaoh Amenhotep IV Akhenaton rises to the throne of Egypt, which begins the 18th dynasty.