15th century BC

Centuries:	16th century BC - 15th century BC - 14th century BC
Decades:	1490s BC 1480s 1470s 1460s 1450s 1440s 1430s 1420s 1410s 1400s BC

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1504 BC — 1492 BC — Egypt conquers Nubia and the Levant.
1500 BC — 1400 BC — The Rig Veda was composed around this time.
1500 BC — 1400 BC — The Battle of the Ten Kings took place around this time.
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.
1460s BC — The Kassites overrun Babylonia and found a dynasty there which lasts for 576 years and nine months.
1456 BC—According to some chronologies, Moses leads the Exodus of the Jews from Egypt.
1437 BC — Legendary King Erichthonius I of Athens dies after a reign of 50 years and is succeeded by his son Pandion I.
Approximately 1420 BC — Crete conquered by Mycenae — start of the Mycenaean period.
1420 BC — Hebrew Exodus from Egypt (one proposed date).
1400 BC — Palace of Minos destroyed by fire.
1400s BC — Several board games, including Alquerque, carved into the roof of the temple at Kurna, Egypt — see History of board games.
1400s BC — Linear A reaches its peak of popularity.
1400s BC — The height of the Canaanite town of Ugarit.
Myceneans conquers Greece and border of Anatolia.
The Tumulus culture flourishes.

Category: 15th century BC