Millennium: | 2nd millennium BC |
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Centuries: | 17th century BC · 16th century BC · 15th century BC |
Decades: | 1590s BC 1580s BC 1570s BC 1560s BC 1550s BC 1540s BC 1530s BC 1520s BC 1510s BC 1500s BC |
Categories: | Births – Deaths Establishments – Disestablishments |
The sixteenth century BC was the time period from 1600 BC to 1501 BC.
Events[]
1700 BC–1500 BC — Hurrian conquests.
- 1600 BC* — Shang Dynasty of China established.
- 1595 BC — Sack of Babylon by the Hittite king Mursilis I.
- 1567 BC — Egypt: End of Fifteenth Dynasty, end of Sixteenth Dynasty, end of Seventeenth Dynasty, start of Eighteenth Dynasty.
- 1550s BC — The city of Mycenae, located in the northeast Peloponnesus, comes to dominate the rest of Achaea, giving its name to Mycenaean civilization.
- 1556 BC — Cecrops builds or rebuilds Athens following the great flood of Deucalion and the end of the Golden age. He becomes the first of several Kings of Athens whose life account is considered part of Greek mythology.
- 1550 BC — End of Seventeenth dynasty of Egypt, start of the Eighteenth Dynasty upon the coronation of Ahmose I (Low Chronology).
- 1530 BC — End of the First Dynasty of Babylon and the start of the Kassite Dynasty — see History of Iraq.
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(approx.): the flood of Deucalion, according to O'Flaherty, Augustine, Eusebius, and Isidore (bishop of Seville).
- 1506 BC — Cecrops, legendary King of Athens, dies after a reign of 50 years. Having survived his own son, he is succeeded by Cranaus.
- 1504 BC — Egypt started to conquer Nubia and the Levant.
- 1500s BC — Vedic Civilization begins in India
- 1500s BC Many scholars date early parts of the Rig Veda to roughly the 16th century.
- 1500s BC — The element Mercury has been discovered in Egyptian tombs dating from this decade.
- 1500s BC — Settlers from Crete, Greece move to Miletus, Turkey.
- 1500s BC — Early traces of Maya civilization developing in Belize.
- 1500s BC — The Phoenicians develop an alphabet — see Timeline of communication technology.
- 1500s BC — Earliest evidence (from archaeological excavations) of a settlement at Aylesbury, England[1].
- 1500 BC — Indo-Aryan migration is often dated to the 17th to 16th centuries.
- Unetice culture.
Significant persons[]
- King Cheng Tang of Shang of China, first ruler of Shang Dynasty, ruled China for 29 years since 1600 BC according to the Xia Shang Zhou Chronology Project.
- 1597 BC — Aaron born to Amram and his wife Jochebed (traditional date).
- Kamose, last Pharaoh of the 17th Dynasty of Egypt (1575 or 1573 BC–1550 BC).
- Ahmose I, Pharaoh and founder of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt (1550 BC–1525 BC).
References[]
Decades and years[]
[[::Decades|Decades]] and [[::Years|Years]]
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[[::Centuries|Centuries]] and [[::Millennia|Millennia]]
Millennium | Century | |||||||||
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Before Christ / Before Common Era (BC/BCE) | ||||||||||
[[::4th millennium BC|4th]]: | [[::40th century BC|40th]] | [[::39th century BC|39th]] | [[::38th century BC|38th]] | [[::37th century BC|37th]] | [[::36th century BC|36th]] | [[::35th century BC|35th]] | [[::34th century BC|34th]] | [[::33rd century BC|33rd]] | [[::32nd century BC|32nd]] | [[::31st century BC|31st]] |
[[::3rd millennium BC|3rd]]: | [[::30th century BC|30th]] | [[::29th century BC|29th]] | [[::28th century BC|28th]] | [[::27th century BC|27th]] | [[::26th century BC|26th]] | [[::25th century BC|25th]] | [[::24th century BC|24th]] | [[::23rd century BC|23rd]] | [[::22nd century BC|22nd]] | [[::21st century BC|21st]] |
[[::2nd millennium BC|2nd]]: | [[::20th century BC|20th]] | [[::19th century BC|19th]] | [[::18th century BC|18th]] | [[::17th century BC|17th]] | [[::16th century BC|16th]] | [[::15th century BC|15th]] | [[::14th century BC|14th]] | [[::13th century BC|13th]] | [[::12th century BC|12th]] | [[::11th century BC|11th]] |
[[::1st millennium BC|1st]]: | [[::10th century BC|10th]] | [[::9th century BC|9th]] | [[::8th century BC|8th]] | [[::7th century BC|7th]] | [[::6th century BC|6th]] | [[::5th century BC|5th]] | [[::4th century BC|4th]] | [[::3rd century BC|3rd]] | [[::2nd century BC|2nd]] | [[::1st century BC|1st]] |
Anno Domini / Common Era (AD/CE) | ||||||||||
[[::1st millennium|1st]]: | [[::1st century|1st]] | [[::2nd century|2nd]] | [[::3rd century|3rd]] | [[::4th century|4th]] | [[::5th century|5th]] | [[::6th century|6th]] | [[::7th century|7th]] | [[::8th century|8th]] | [[::9th century|9th]] | [[::10th century|10th]] |
[[::2nd millennium|2nd]]: | [[::11th century|11th]] | [[::12th century|12th]] | [[::13th century|13th]] | [[::14th century|14th]] | [[::15th century|15th]] | [[::16th century|16th]] | [[::17th century|17th]] | [[::18th century|18th]] | [[::19th century|19th]] | [[::20th century|20th]] |
[[::3rd millennium|3rd]]: | [[::21st century|21st]] | [[::22nd century|22nd]] | [[::23rd century|23rd]] | [[::24th century|24th]] | [[::25th century|25th]] | [[::26th century|26th]] | [[::27th century|27th]] | [[::28th century|28th]] | [[::29th century|29th]] | [[::30th century|30th]] |
[[::4th millennium|4th]]: | [[::31st century|31st]] |
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