1500s BC (decade)

Millennium:	2nd millennium BC
Centuries:	17th century BC 16th century BC 15th century BC
Decades:	1520s BC 1510s BC 1500s BC 1490s BC 1480s BC
Years:	1509 BC 1508 BC 1507 BC 1506 BC 1505 BC 1504 BC 1503 BC 1502 BC 1501 BC 1500 BC
Categories:	Deaths

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]
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.
1500 BC–500 BC—Vedas are composed.

↑ "The Ancestry of the Domestic Ferret". Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-07.

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