Editing 1450s BC (section)

==Events and trends==
* [[Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC)]] between [[Thutmose III]] and a coalition under the King of [[Kadesh (Syria)|Kadesh]]. It is the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail. The battle took place in year 23 I Shemsu day 20 (or possibly day 21). The exact year depends on the year Thutmose ascended to the throne of Egypt and among scholars the estimates range from 1479 to 1504 BCE. Using the 1479 BCE estimate the battle could have taken place in May 1457 BCE.<ref>O'Connor, David and Cline, Eric H. Thutmose III: A New Biography University of Michigan Press. 2006 {{ISBN|978-0-472-11467-2}} pp. 416–420.</ref>
* 1451 BCE—According to [[James Ussher]]'s chronology, this is when the [[Israelites]] entered the [[Promised Land]].
* c. 1450 BCE—[[Mycenaeans]] attack and capture [[Crete]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Covert |first1=Kim |title=Ancient Greece |date=2004 |publisher=Capstone |isbn=9780736824682 |page=10 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9B65zbxU7-QC&dq |access-date=18 February 2019}}</ref> destroying many royal palaces including [[Knossos]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jarus |first1=Owen |title=Knossos: Palace of the Minoans |url=https://www.livescience.com/27955-knossos-palace-of-the-minoans.html |website=Live Science |access-date=18 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Mycenaens|url=https://www.historycentral.com/dates/Greek/Mycenians.html|website=www.historycentral.com|access-date=2020-05-31}}</ref>
* c. 1450–1300 BCE—[[Minoan civilization|Minoan]] Second Palace period ends and [[Late Minoan]]/Final Palace culture.<ref>Colin Macdonald, "Knossos", in Eric H. Cline, ed., ''Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean'' (Oxford Univ. Press, 2012), 539–541. {{ISBN|9780199873609}}; and books.google.com/books?id=EglBMWW2WHkC&pg=PA539</ref>