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1500s BC (decade)
Summary
The
1500s BC
was a decade lasting from January 1, 1509, BC to December 31, 1500, BC.
Events and trends
edit
1506 BC
—
Cecrops
, legendary
King of Athens
, dies after a reign of 50 years. Having survived his own son, he is succeeded by
Cranaus
.
c. 1506 BC —
Thutmose I
(
Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt
) starts to rule. Alternatively, a date of c. 1504 BC is a possibility.
Egypt
conquers
Nubia
and the
Levant
(
1504 BC
–
1492 BC
).
Earliest remains of domesticated
ferrets
found.
[1]
c. 1500 BC —
Polynesians
settle in
Fiji
, (controversial
Fiji settlement
)
c. 1500 BC —
Mycenaean civilization
starts in
Ancient Greece
.
c. 1500 BC —
Eleusinian Mysteries
start in
Ancient Greece
.
c. 1500 BC —
Formative/Preclassic period
starts in
Mesoamerica
.
c. 1500 BC: Many scholars date early parts of the
Rig Veda
to roughly the 16th century.
c. 1500 BC: Queen
Hatsheput
in
Egypt
(
18th Dynasty
).
c. 1500 BC: The element
Mercury
has been discovered in
Egyptian
tombs dating from this decade.
c. 1500 BC: Settlers from
Crete
,
Greece
move to
Miletus
,
Turkey
.
c. 1500 BC: Early traces of
Maya civilization
developing in
Belize
.
c. 1500 BC: The
Phoenicians
develop an
alphabet
—see
Timeline of communication technology
.
c. 1500 BC:
Indo-Aryan migration
is often dated to the 17th to 16th centuries.
1500 BC–
500 BC
—
Vedas
are composed.
c. 1500 - 1479 BC:
Rice
was first introduced in
Indonesia
References
edit
^
"The Ancestry of the Domestic Ferret". Archived from the original on 11 October 2007
. Retrieved
2007-11-07
.