1500 Bce

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1500 Bce

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

1509 BC — Beginning of current Baktun Cycle in the Mayan calendar.

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.

c. 1504 BC — Thutmose I starts to rule (other date is 1506 BC).

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

Earliest remains of domesticated Ferret s found.

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

Polynesia ns settle in Fiji .

c. 1500 BC — Mycenaean Civilization starts in Ancient Greece .

1500 BC– 500 BC — Vedas are composed.

c. 1500 BC - Shang Dynasty starts in Ancient China .

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