Editing 1500s BC (decade) (section)

==Events and trends==

*[[1506 BC]] — [[Cecrops I|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 [[ferret]]s found.<ref>{{cite web |title= The Ancestry of the Domestic Ferret | url=http://www.petpeoplesplace.com/resources/advice/small_pets/38.htm | access-date=2007-11-07| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071011222850/http://www.petpeoplesplace.com/resources/advice/small_pets/38.htm| archive-date= 11 October 2007 <!--Added by DASHBot-->}}</ref>
*c. 1500 BC — [[Polynesia]]ns settle in [[Fiji]], (controversial [[History of Fiji#Melanesian and Polynesian settlement|Fiji settlement]])
*c. 1500 BC — [[Mycenaean civilization]] starts in [[Ancient Greece]].
*c. 1500 BC — [[Eleusinian Mysteries]] start in [[Ancient Greece]].
*c. 1500 BC — [[Mesoamerica#Preclassic.2FFormative|Formative/Preclassic period]] starts in [[Mesoamerica]].
*c. 1500 BC: Many scholars date early parts of the [[Rig Veda]] to roughly the 16th century.
*c. 1500 BC: Queen [[Hatsheput]] in [[Egypt]] ([[Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt|18th Dynasty]]).
*c. 1500 BC: The element [[Mercury (element)|Mercury]] has been discovered in [[Egypt]]ian tombs dating from this decade.
*c. 1500 BC: Settlers from [[Crete]], [[Greece]] move to [[Miletus]], [[Turkey]].
*c. 1500 BC: Early traces of [[Maya civilization]] developing in [[Belize]].
*c. 1500 BC: The [[Phoenicia]]ns develop an [[alphabet]]—see [[Timeline of communication technology]].
*c. 1500 BC: [[Indo-Aryan migration]] is often dated to the 17th to 16th centuries.
*1500 BC–[[500 BC]]—[[Vedas]] are composed.
*c. 1500 - 1479 BC: [[Rice]] was first introduced in [[Indonesia]]