1509–1500 BC

Events and trends

*The element Mercury has been discovered in Egyptian tombs dating from this decade.
*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 [cite web |title= The Ancestry of the Domestic Ferret | url=http://www.petpeoplesplace.com/resources/advice/small_pets/38.htm | format=html | accessdate=2007-11-07] .
*Biblical Exodus, according to Simcha Jacobovich in the earliest suggestion of the documentary Exodus Decoded.
*Polynesians settle in Fiji.
*c. 1500 BC — Mycenaean civilization starts in Ancient Greece.
*1500 BC–500 BC — Vedas are composed.

ignificant people

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