1450s BC
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| Millennia: | 2nd millennium BC |
| Centuries: | 16th century BC - 15th century BC - 14th century BC |
| Decades: | 1480s BC 1470s BC 1460s BC - 1450s BC - 1440s BC 1430s BC 1420s BC |
| Years: | 1459 BC 1458 BC 1457 BC 1456 BC 1455 BC 1454 BC 1453 BC 1452 BC 1451 BC 1450 BC |
| Categories: | Births - Deaths - State leaders - Sovereign states Establishments - Disestablishments |
[edit] Events and trends
- May 9, 1457 BC — Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC) between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Kadesh. It is the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail.
- 1456 BC — According to some chronologies, Moses leads the Exodus of the Jews from Egypt.
- c. 1450 BC — Mycenaeans attack Crete and destroy Knossos.
