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15th Century Bc

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OVERVIEW

EVENTS

1500 BC — 1400 BC — The '' Rig Veda '' was written around this time.

1504 BC — 1492 BC — Egypt conquers Nubia and the Levant .

1490s BC — Cranaus , legendary King Of Athens , is deposed after a reign of 10 years by his son-in-law Amphictyon of Thessaly , son of Deucalion and Pyrrha .

1487 BC — Amphictyon , son of Deucalion and Pyrrha and legendary King Of Athens , dies after a reign of 10 years and is succeeded by Erichthonius I Of Athens , a grandson of Cranaus .

c. 1469 BC — In the Battle Of Megiddo , Egypt defeats Canaan .

1460s BC — The Kassites overrun Babylonia and found a dynasty there which lasts for 576 years and nine months.

1456 BC —According to some chronologies, Moses leads the Exodus of the Jews from Egypt .

1437 BC — Legendary King Erichthonius I Of Athens dies after a reign of 50 years and is succeeded by his son Pandion I .

Approximately 1420 BC — Crete conquered by Mycenae — start of the Mycenaean Period .

1420 BC — Hebrew Exodus from Egypt (one proposed date).

1400 BC — Palace Of Minos destroyed by fire.

1400s BC — Several Board Games , including Alquerque , carved into the roof of the temple at Kurna , Egypt — see History Of Board Games .

1400s BC — Linear A reaches its peak of popularity.

1400s BC — The height of the Canaanite town of Ugarit .

Myceneans conquers Greece and border of Anatolia .

The Tumulus Culture flourishes.

SIGNIFICANT PERSONS

Hatshepsut Of Egypt , female Pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty ( 1498 - 1483 BC ).

Thutmose III Of Egypt , Pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty ( 1479 BC - 1425 BC ).

Amenhotep II , Pharaoh of Egypt , ( 1427 BC - 1401 BC ).

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