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1500 Bc

1540s BC 1530s BC 1520s BC 1510s BC - 1500s BC - 1490s BC 1480s BC 1470s BC 1460s BC 1450s BC

EVENTS AND TRENDS

Stonehenge built in Wiltshire , England .

The element Mercury has been discovered in Egypt ian tombs dating from this decade.

Settlers from Crete , Greece move to Miletus , Turkey .

Early traces of Maya Civilization developing in Belize .

The Phoenicia ns develop an Alphabet - see Timeline Of Communication Technology .

1506 BC - Cecrops , legendary King Of Athens , dies after a reign of 50 years. Having survived his own son, he is succeeded by Cranaus .

Egypt conquers Nubia and the Levant ( 1504 BC - 1492 BC ).

Earliest evidence (from Archaeological excavations) of a settlement at Aylesbury , England .

1500 BC - Indus Valley Civilization - The controversial Aryan Invasion Theory is often dated to 1500 BC . Many scholars date the Rig Veda to the period of 1900 to 1200 BC .

Earliest remains of domesticated Ferret s found.

The Rig Veda , the oldest scripture of Hinduism , was written around this time.

Date of the Biblical Exodus , according to Simcha Jacobovich in the documentary Exodus Decoded .

SIGNIFICANT PEOPLE

Thutmose II Of Egypt , Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty Of Egypt ( 1518 BC - 1504 BC ).

Thutmose III Of Egypt , Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty Of Egypt ( 1503 BC - 1426 BC ).