1500s BC

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Millennia:	2nd millennium BC
Centuries:	17th century BC - 16th century BC - 15th century BC
Decades:	1530s BC 1520s BC 1510s BC - 1500s BC - 1490s BC 1480s BC 1470s BC
Years:	1509 BC 1508 BC 1507 BC 1506 BC 1505 BC 1504 BC 1503 BC 1502 BC 1501 BC 1500 BC
Categories:	Births - Deaths - State leaders - Sovereign states Establishments - Disestablishments

[edit] Events and trends

• The element Mercury has been discovered in Egyptian tombs dating from this decade.
• 1509 BC — Beginning of current Baktun cycle in the Mayan calendar.
• 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.
• c. 1504 BC — Thutmose I starts to rule (other date is 1506 BC).
• Egypt conquers Nubia and the Levant (1504 BC–1492 BC).
• Earliest remains of domesticated ferrets found.
• Date of the Biblical Exodus, according to Simcha Jacobovich in the documentary Exodus Decoded.
• Polynesians settle in Fiji.
• c. 1500 BC — Mycenaean civilization starts in Ancient Greece.
• 1500 BC–500 BC — Vedas are composed.
• c. 1500 BC - Shang Dynasty starts in Ancient China.

[edit] Significant people

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