15th century BC - Events.
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. ...
The Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC) was fought between Egyptian forces under the command of the pharaoh Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Kadesh. It is the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as reliable detail.
Various precise dates have been suggested for the battle. The date most accepted by Egyptologists is May 9, 1457 BC (according to the accepted Middle Chrono ...
At the end of the reign of the Egyptian queen-regent Hatshepsut, local rulers in the vicinity of modern-day Syria chose that time to try and throw off Egyptian influence. The Canaanites united and allied with the Kingdom of Mitanni on the banks of the Euphrates. The driving force behind this revolt was the King of Kadesh. The powerful fortress of Kadesh offered protection to him and the city. The King of Megiddo, with an equally strong fortress, joined the alliance. Following the death of his aunt Hatshepsut, Thu ...
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Thutmose III of Egypt, Pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty ( 1479 BC - 1425 BC).
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1456 BC—According to some chronologies, Moses leads the Exodus of the Jews from Egypt.
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1350 BC - Pharaoh Amenhotep IV Akhenaton rises to the throne of Egypt.
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1570s BC - Events and trends.
1570s BC - Significant people.
Kamose, last Pharaoh of the 17th Dynasty of Egypt (1573 - 1570 BC).
Ahmose I, Pharaoh and founder of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt (1570 - 1546 BC).
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c. 1655 BC - Tan-Uli, the ruler of the Elamite Empire, died.
Egypt: Start of Seventeenth Dynasty.
1650s BC - Significant people.
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The end of the rule of Amenophis III
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History of ancient Israel and Judah - earliest date for Ahmose I founding the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt
1540s BC - Significant people.
1546 BC - Ahmose I, Pharaoh and founder of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt, died.
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Egypt: Start of Fifteenth Dynasty.
1670s BC - Significant people.
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Egypt: Start of Sixteenth Dynasty
Egypt: Development of leavened bread (date approximate).
1680s BC - Significant people.
Hammurabi, died 1686 BC short chronology.
Death of Heremon, Irish legend (1684 BC)
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1420s BC - Events and trends.
Crete conquered by Mycenae (approximately 1420 BC) - start of the Mycenaean period.
1420 BC -- Hebrew Exodus from Egypt (one proposed date).
1420s BC - Significant people.
Thutmose III of Egypt, Pharaoh of the eighteenth ...
Centuries: 15th century BC - 14th century BC - 13th century BC
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1320s BC - Events and trends.
Egypt: End of Eighteenth Dynasty, start of Nineteenth Dynasty (1320 BC)
1320s BC - Significant people.
1323 BC - Death of Pharaoh Tutankhamun of Egypt
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1530s BC - Events and trends.
1539 BC - End of Seventeenth dynasty of Egypt, start of the Eighteenth Dynasty.
1539 BC - Approximate first use of the Valley of the Kings.
1530 BC - End of the First Dynasty of Babylon and the start of the Kassite Dynasty - see History of Iraq.
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1590s BC - Events and trends.
1595 BC - Mursilis I, king of the Hittites, sacks Babylon. This brings and end to the rule of the descendants of Hammurabi in that kingdom.
1590s BC - Significant people.
1597 BC - Aaron born to Amram and his wife Jochebed (tradit ...
