15th century BC c.

Formally, the 15th century BC began on January 1, 1500 B.C. C. and ended on December 31, 1401 a. c.

Events

• Around 1500 B.C.: The foundation of Olmeca culture, considered the mother culture of Cem Ånáhuac, is estimated.
• Around 1500 BC: splendor of Aegean civilization.
• Around 1500 B.C.: in Afghanistan and Pakistan, several centuries after the decline of the Indo river valley culture, the poets of the Indon tribes begin to compose the Rig-veda (the oldest text in India), which will take its current form at 1100 a. C.
• 1500 B.C.: In Afghanistan or Pakistan the battle of the Ten Kings, mentioned in the Rig-veda.
• 1500 B.C.: The Argar disappears on the Iberian peninsula. Atlantic relations: treasures.
• 1504-1492 BC: Egypt conquers Nubia and the Levant.
• 1497 a. C: Cránao, legendary king of Athens, is deposed after a 10-year reign by his son-in-law Anfiction of Tesalia, son of Deucalion and Pirra.
• H. 1492 a. C. (may be 1493 BC): dies Tutmosis I (Egyptian 18th Dynasty).
• 1492 BC (3 April): the lunar saros 37.
• 1473 B.C.: In Egypt, the Faraone Maatkara-Hatshepsut (up to 1458 B.C.) begins its mandate.
• 1457 BC (9 May): In Megid, the forces of the Egyptian Pharaoh Tutmosis III beat a Canaanite coalition led by the king of Kadesh in the battle of Megid. It is the first battle that has been recorded with details that are considered reliable. (It may also have happened in 1479 BC).
• 1450 B.C.: In the Mediterranean Sea the volcano of Santorini Island erupted. Drag the island of Crete.
• 1450 B.C.: in the Ciminos mountains (about 60 km northwest of the present Rome) 35°30′N 35°18′E / 35.5, 35.3an X-degree earthquake (from I to XII) on the Mercalli scale "traces" an Etruscan village, and increases the size of Lake Vico. The amount of dead is unknown.
• In Egypt Queen Amenhotep II.
• 1420 BC: Crete is conquered by Micenas; the micenic period begins.
• 1410 BC: In the Mediterranean Sea, Crete Island is rooted by the eruption of the volcano of Santorini Island.
• 1408 BC: in Egypt, probable beginning of the reign of Pharaoh Amenofis II.
• 1400 B.C.: In Crete, the Minos Palace is destroyed by a fire.
• 1400 B.C.: Assyrians become very powerful by expelling the hurrits.
• 1400 B.C.: in Hattusa – near the modern city of Bogazkoy (Turkey) – the Lion Gate is built.
• 1400 BC: in China the Shang dynasty expands.
• Thebes, capital of Egypt becomes the largest city in the world, surpassing the city of Menfis.

Relevant people

• Tutmosis III, pharaoh of the 18th dynasty of Egypt (1503-1426 BC).
• Tutmosis II, Egyptian pharaoh (h. 1493 - h. 1479 B.C.).
• Amenhotep II, Egyptian pharaoh (1427-1401 BC).
• Shuttarna I, king mitani.
• Telepinu, Hittite King.
• Hatshepsut, Egyptian queen.