Centuries: 17th century BC - 16th century BC - 15th century BC
Decades: 1600s BC 1590s BC 1580s BC 1570s BC 1560s BC - 1550s BC - 1540s BC 1530s BC 1520s BC 1510s BC 1500s BC
1550s BC - Events and trends.
The city of Mycenae, located in the northeast Peloponnesus, comes to dominate the rest of Achaea, giving its name to Mycenaean civilization.
1556 BC - Cecrops builds or rebuilds Athens following the great flood of Deucalion and the end of the Golden age. He becomes the ...
Centuries: 17th century BC - 16th century BC - 15th century BC
Decades: 1550s BC 1540s BC 1530s BC 1520s BC 1510s BC - 1500s BC - 1490s BC 1480s BC 1470s BC 1460s BC 1450s BC
1500s BC - Events and trends.
Stonehenge built in Wiltshire, England.
The element Mercury has been discovered in Egyptian tombs dating from this decade.
Settlers from Crete, Greece move to Miletus, Turkey.
Early traces of Maya civilization developing in Belize.
The Phoenic ...
