15th century BC explained

The 15th century BC was the century that lasted from 1500 BC to 1401 BC.

Events

• 1504 BC – 1492 BC: Egypt conquers Nubia and the Levant.^[1]
• 1500 BC – 1400 BC: The Battle of the Ten Kings took place around this time.^[2]
• 1500 BC: Coalescence of a number of cultural traits including undecorated pottery, megalithic burials, and millet-bean-rice agriculture indicate the beginning of the Mumun Pottery Period on the Korean peninsula.^[3]
• c. 1490 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.^[4]
• c. 1480 BC: Queen Hatshepsut succeeded by her stepson and nephew Thutmosis III. Period of greatest Egyptian expansion (4th Nile cataract to the Euphrates).^[5]
• c. 1469 BC: In the Battle of Megiddo, Egypt defeats Canaan (Low Chronology).^[6]
• c. 1460 BC: The Kassites overrun Babylonia and found a dynasty there that lasts for 576 years and nine months.^{[7] [8] [9] [10]}
• 1437 BC

Legendary King Erichthonius I of Athens dies after a reign of 50 years and is succeeded by his son Pandion I.

• 1430 BC – 1178 BC: Beginning of Hittite empire.^[11]
• c. 1420 BC: Crete conquered by Mycenae—start of the Mycenaean period. First Linear B tablets.
• 1400 BC: In Crete the use of bronze helmets (discovery at Knossos).^[12]
• 1400 BC: Palace of Minos destroyed by fire.^[13]
• c. 1400 BC: Linear A reaches its peak of popularity.
• c. 1400 BC: The height of the Canaanite town of Ugarit. Royal Palace of Ugarit is built.^[14]
• Myceneans conquers Greece and border of Anatolia.
• The Tumulus culture flourishes.
• Earliest traces of Olmec civilization.^[15]

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

• The Shang dynasty Chinese capital city at Ao had massive defensive walls of 20m (70feet) in width at the base and enclosed an area of some 2100yd2.

Sovereign states

See: List of sovereign states in the 15th century BC.

Notes and References

1. Book: The Encyclopedia of Ancient Civilizations of the Near East and Mediterranean. 1997. Sharpe Reference. 978-1-56324-799-6. en.
2. Web site: 2015-02-15. Dasarajna: Battle of the Ten Kings from Rig Veda. 2021-11-24. Sanskriti - Hinduism and Indian Culture Website. en-US.
3. Bale. Martin T.. 2001. Archaeology of Early Agriculture in Korea: An Update on Recent Developments. Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association. 21 . 5. 77–84.
4. Book: Newton, Isaac. Newton's Revised History of Ancient Kingdoms: A Complete Chronology. 2009-02-20. New Leaf Publishing Group. 978-0-89051-556-3. en.
5. Egypt experienced its greatest territ . expansion(from the Euphrates to the 4th Cataract of the Nile) .
6. Meistrich. Ira. Military History: The Birthplace of War. The Quarterly Journal of Military History. 12 June 2006. Spring 2005. 16 February 2018.
7. Book: Sayce, Archibald Henry. The "higher Criticism" and the Verdict of the Monuments. 1894. Society for promoting Christian knowledge. en.
8. Book: Williams, Henry Smith. The Historians' History of the World Vol.1 (of 25) (Illustrations): Prolegomena; Egypt, Mesopotamia. THE TROW PRESS. en.
9. Book: Larned, Josephus Nelson. Nicea-Tunis. 1894. C. A. Nichols Company. en.
10. Book: The Historians' History of the World in Twenty-Five Volumes: Prolegomena; Egypt, Mesopotamia. 2020-09-28. Library of Alexandria. 978-1-4656-0802-4. en.
11. Web site: Old Hittite Kingdom and Hittite Empire (1600 BC - 1200 BC) – Ancient Civilizations. 2020-12-25. anciv.info.
12. Hencken. Hugh. 1965. ARCHEOLOGY: Early Greek Armour and Weapons from the End of the Bronze Age to 600 B.C. ANTHONY SNODGRASS. American Anthropologist. en. 67. 4. 1054–1055. 10.1525/aa.1965.67.4.02a00450. 1548-1433.
13. Book: Sacks. David. A Dictionary of the Ancient Greek World. Murray. Oswyn. 1995. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-511206-1. en.
14. Book: Gates . Charles . Ancient Cities: The Archaeology of Urban Life in the Ancient Near East and Egypt, Greece, and Rome . 2011 . Routledge . Abingdon, Oxon . 9780415498647 . 160 . 2nd.
15. Diehl, Richard A. (2004). The Olmecs : America's First Civilization. London: Thames and Hudson. pp. 9–25. .