title: 1380s BC
text: # 1380s BC
  
  The 1380s BC refers to the period between 1389 BC and 1380 BC, the 1380s was the second decade of the 14th century BC.
  
  ## Events and Trends
  
  * Decline of the Minoan Culture in Crete.
  * Pharaoh Amenhotep III of Egypt marries Tiye, his Chief Queen.
  * Amenhotep III attempts to connect the Nile and the Red Sea with a canal, this however would not be done successfully until almost 1000 years later with the opening of the Canal of the Pharaohs.
  
  ## Significant people
  
  * Amenhotep III - Pharaoh of Egypt.
  