15th century BC

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The 15th century BC was the century that lasted from 1500 BC to 1401 BC.

Map of the Near East in 1450 BCE.

Events

Statue of Thutmosis III at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

1504 BC – 1492 BC: Egypt conquers Nubia and the Levant.^[1]
1500 BC – 1400 BC: The Battle of the Ten Kings took place around this time.^[2]
1500 BC: Coalescence of a number of cultural traits including undecorated pottery, megalithic burials, and millet-bean-rice agriculture indicate the beginning of the Mumun Pottery Period on the Korean peninsula.^[3]
c. 1490 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.^{[citation needed]}
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.^[4]
c. 1480 BC: Queen Hatshepsut succeeded by her stepson and nephew Thutmosis III. Period of greatest Egyptian expansion (4th Nile cataract to the Euphrates).^[5]
c. 1469 BC: In the Battle of Megiddo, Egypt defeats Canaan (Low Chronology).^[6]
c. 1460 BC: The Kassites overrun Babylonia and found a dynasty there that lasts for 576 years and nine months.^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]
1437 BC: Legendary King Erichthonius I of Athens dies after a reign of 50 years and is succeeded by his son Pandion I.^{[citation needed]}
1430 BC – 1178 BC: Beginning of Hittite empire.^[11]
c. 1420 BC: Crete conquered by Mycenae—start of the Mycenaean period. First Linear B tablets.^{[citation needed]}
1400 BC: In Crete the use of bronze helmets (discovery at Knossos).^[12]
1400 BC: Palace of Minos destroyed by fire.^[13]
c. 1400 BC: Linear A reaches its peak of popularity.^{[citation needed]}
c. 1400 BC: The height of the Canaanite town of Ugarit. Royal Palace of Ugarit is built.^[14]
Myceneans conquers Greece and border of Anatolia.
The Tumulus culture flourishes.^{[citation needed]}
Earliest traces of Olmec civilization.^[15]

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

The Shang dynasty Chinese capital city at Ao^{[further explanation needed]} had massive defensive walls of 20 metres (66 ft) in width at the base and enclosed an area of some 2,100 square yards (1,800 m²).

Sovereign states

See: List of sovereign states in the 15th century BC.

References

^ The Encyclopedia of Ancient Civilizations of the Near East and Mediterranean. Sharpe Reference. 1997. ISBN 978-1-56324-799-6.
^ "Dasarajna: Battle of the Ten Kings from Rig Veda". Sanskriti - Hinduism and Indian Culture Website. 2015-02-15. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
^ Bale, Martin T. (2001). "Archaeology of Early Agriculture in Korea: An Update on Recent Developments". Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association. 21 (5): 77–84.
^ Newton, Isaac (2009-02-20). Newton's Revised History of Ancient Kingdoms: A Complete Chronology. New Leaf Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-89051-556-3.
^ Egypt experienced its greatest territ . expansion( from the Euphrates to the 4th Cataract of the Nile ) .
^ Meistrich, Ira (12 June 2006). "Military History: The Birthplace of War". The Quarterly Journal of Military History (Spring 2005). Retrieved 16 February 2018.
^ Sayce, Archibald Henry (1894). The "higher Criticism" and the Verdict of the Monuments. Society for promoting Christian knowledge.
^ Williams, Henry Smith. The Historians' History of the World Vol.1 (of 25) (Illustrations): Prolegomena; Egypt, Mesopotamia. THE TROW PRESS.
^ Larned, Josephus Nelson (1894). Nicea-Tunis. C. A. Nichols Company.
^ The Historians' History of the World in Twenty-Five Volumes: Prolegomena; Egypt, Mesopotamia. Library of Alexandria. 2020-09-28. ISBN 978-1-4656-0802-4.
^ "Old Hittite Kingdom and Hittite Empire (1600 BC - 1200 BC) – Ancient Civilizations". anciv.info. Retrieved 2020-12-25.
^ Hencken, Hugh (1965). "ARCHEOLOGY: Early Greek Armour and Weapons from the End of the Bronze Age to 600 B.C. ANTHONY SNODGRASS". American Anthropologist. 67 (4): 1054–1055. doi:10.1525/aa.1965.67.4.02a00450. ISSN 1548-1433.
^ Sacks, David; Murray, Oswyn (1995). A Dictionary of the Ancient Greek World. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-511206-1.
^ Gates, Charles (2011). Ancient Cities: The Archaeology of Urban Life in the Ancient Near East and Egypt, Greece, and Rome (2nd ed.). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. p. 160. ISBN 9780415498647.
^ Diehl, Richard A. (2004). The Olmecs : America's First Civilization. London: Thames and Hudson. pp. 9–25. ISBN 0500285039.

Decades and years

15th century BC
17th century BC ← 16th century BC ← ↔ → 14th century BC → 13th century BC

1500s BC	1509 BC	1508 BC	1507 BC	1506 BC	1505 BC	1504 BC	1503 BC	1502 BC	1501 BC	1500 BC
1490s BC	1499 BC	1498 BC	1497 BC	1496 BC	1495 BC	1494 BC	1493 BC	1492 BC	1491 BC	1490 BC
1480s BC	1489 BC	1488 BC	1487 BC	1486 BC	1485 BC	1484 BC	1483 BC	1482 BC	1481 BC	1480 BC
1470s BC	1479 BC	1478 BC	1477 BC	1476 BC	1475 BC	1474 BC	1473 BC	1472 BC	1471 BC	1470 BC
1460s BC	1469 BC	1468 BC	1467 BC	1466 BC	1465 BC	1464 BC	1463 BC	1462 BC	1461 BC	1460 BC
1450s BC	1459 BC	1458 BC	1457 BC	1456 BC	1455 BC	1454 BC	1453 BC	1452 BC	1451 BC	1450 BC
1440s BC	1449 BC	1448 BC	1447 BC	1446 BC	1445 BC	1444 BC	1443 BC	1442 BC	1441 BC	1440 BC
1430s BC	1439 BC	1438 BC	1437 BC	1436 BC	1435 BC	1434 BC	1433 BC	1432 BC	1431 BC	1430 BC
1420s BC	1429 BC	1428 BC	1427 BC	1426 BC	1425 BC	1424 BC	1423 BC	1422 BC	1421 BC	1420 BC
1410s BC	1419 BC	1418 BC	1417 BC	1416 BC	1415 BC	1414 BC	1413 BC	1412 BC	1411 BC	1410 BC
1400s BC	1409 BC	1408 BC	1407 BC	1406 BC	1405 BC	1404 BC	1403 BC	1402 BC	1401 BC	1400 BC
1390s BC	1399 BC	1398 BC	1397 BC	1396 BC	1395 BC	1394 BC	1393 BC	1392 BC	1391 BC	1390 BC

Centuries and millennia

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