1500s BC (decade)

Millennium
2nd millennium BC
Centuries
17th century BC 16th century BC 15th century BC
Decades
1520s BC 1510s BC 1500s BC 1490s BC 1480s BC
Years
1509 BC 1508 BC 1507 BC 1506 BC 1505 BC 1504 BC 1503 BC 1502 BC 1501 BC 1500 BC
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The 1500s BC was a decade lasting from January 1, 1509 BC to December 31, 1500 BC.

Events and trends

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. Alternatively, a date of c. 1504 BC is a possibility.
Egypt conquers Nubia and the Levant (1504 BC–1492 BC).
Earliest remains of domesticated ferrets found.^[1]
c. 1500 BC — Polynesians settle in Fiji, (controversial Fiji settlement)
c. 1500 BC — Mycenaean civilization starts in Ancient Greece.
c. 1500 BC — Eleusinian Mysteries start in Ancient Greece.
c. 1500 BC — Formative/Preclassic period starts in Mesoamerica.
c. 1500 BC: Many scholars date early parts of the Rig Veda to roughly the 16th century.
c. 1500 BC: Queen Hatsheput in Egypt (18th Dynasty).
c. 1500 BC: The element Mercury has been discovered in Egyptian tombs dating from this decade.
c. 1500 BC: Settlers from Crete, Greece move to Miletus, Turkey.
c. 1500 BC: Early traces of Maya civilization developing in Belize.
c. 1500 BC: The Phoenicians develop an alphabet—see Timeline of communication technology.
c. 1500 BC: Indo-Aryan migration is often dated to the 17th to 16th centuries.
1500 BC–500 BC—Vedas are composed.
c. 1500 - 1479 BC: Rice was first introduced in Indonesia