1500s BC (decade)
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[edit] Events and trends
- The element Mercury has been discovered in Egyptian tombs dating from this decade.
- 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]
- Biblical Exodus, according to Simcha Jacobovici in the earliest suggestion of the documentary Exodus Decoded.
- Polynesians settle in Fiji.
- c. 1500 BC — Mycenaean civilization starts in Ancient Greece.
- c. 1500 BC - Formative/Preclassic period starts in Mesoamerica.
- 1500 BC–500 BC—Vedas are composed.
[edit] References
- ^ "The Ancestry of the Domestic Ferret". Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20071011222850/http://www.petpeoplesplace.com/resources/advice/small_pets/38.htm. Retrieved 2007-11-07.
