Editing 15th century BC (section)

== Events ==
[[Image:Thutmosis III wien front.jpg|thumb|right|Statue of Thutmosis III at the [[Kunsthistorisches Museum]], [[Vienna]]]]
* [[1504 BC]] – [[1492 BC]]: [[New Kingdom of Egypt|Egypt]] conquers [[Nubia]] and the [[Levant]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1DEOAQAAMAAJ&q=:+Egypt+conquered+Nubia+and+the+Levant.+1504%5D|title=The Encyclopedia of Ancient Civilizations of the Near East and Mediterranean|date=1997|publisher=Sharpe Reference|isbn=978-1-56324-799-6|language=en}}</ref>
*{{circa}} 1500 BC – Meteorite impact that formed the [[Kaali crater]] in [[Ancient Estonia|Estonia]].
* [[1500 BC]] – [[1400 BC]]: The [[Battle of the Ten Kings]] took place around this time.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-02-15|title=Dasarajna: Battle of the Ten Kings from Rig Veda|url=https://www.sanskritimagazine.com/indian-religions/hinduism/dasarajna-battle-ten-kings-rig-veda/|access-date=2021-11-24|website=Sanskriti - Hinduism and Indian Culture Website|language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[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]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bale|first=Martin T.|year=2001|title=Archaeology of Early Agriculture in Korea: An Update on Recent Developments|url=http://journals.lib.washington.edu/index.php/BIPPA/article/view/11765/10394|journal=Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association|volume=21 |issue=5|pages=77–84}}</ref> 
* [[1490s BC|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]].{{citation needed|date=August 2015}} 
* [[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]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Newton|first=Isaac|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DdWIhzBknP4C&q=%2C+a+grandson+of+Cranaus&pg=PA55|title=Newton's Revised History of Ancient Kingdoms: A Complete Chronology|date=2009-02-20|publisher=New Leaf Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-89051-556-3|language=en}}</ref>
* [[1480s BC|c. 1480 BC]]: Queen [[Hatshepsut]] succeeded by her stepson and nephew [[Thutmosis III]]. Period of greatest Egyptian expansion (4th [[Nile]] cataract to the  [[Euphrates]]).<ref>Egypt experienced its greatest territ . expansion( from the Euphrates to the 4th Cataract of the Nile ) .</ref>
* [[1460s BC|c. 1469 BC]]: In the [[Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC)|Battle of Megiddo]], [[New Kingdom of Egypt|Egypt]] defeats [[Canaan]] (Low Chronology).<ref name="Military History">{{cite journal|last1=Meistrich|first1=Ira|title=Military History: The Birthplace of War|journal=The Quarterly Journal of Military History|date=12 June 2006|issue=Spring 2005|url=http://www.historynet.com/military-history-the-birthplace-of-war.htm|access-date=16 February 2018}}</ref>
* [[1460s BC|c. 1460 BC]]: The [[Kassites]] overrun [[Babylonia]] and found a dynasty there that lasts for 576 years and nine months.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sayce|first=Archibald Henry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZlgXAAAAYAAJ&q=The+Kassites+gave+a+dynasty+to+Babylonia+which+lasted+for+576+years&pg=PA148|title=The "higher Criticism" and the Verdict of the Monuments|date=1894|publisher=Society for promoting Christian knowledge|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Williams|first=Henry Smith|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TVNVDwAAQBAJ&q=The+Kassites+gave+a+dynasty+to+Babylonia+which+lasted+for+576+years&pg=PT174|title=The Historians' History of the World Vol.1 (of 25) (Illustrations): Prolegomena; Egypt, Mesopotamia|publisher=THE TROW PRESS|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Larned|first=Josephus Nelson|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yf5PAAAAYAAJ&q=The+Kassites+gave+a+dynasty+to+Babylonia+which+lasted+for+576+years&pg=PA2890|title=Nicea-Tunis|date=1894|publisher=C. A. Nichols Company|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RPJADAAAQBAJ&q=The+Kassites+gave+a+dynasty+to+Babylonia+which+lasted+for+576+years&pg=PT576|title=The Historians' History of the World in Twenty-Five Volumes: Prolegomena; Egypt, Mesopotamia|date=2020-09-28|publisher=Library of Alexandria|isbn=978-1-4656-0802-4|language=en}}</ref>
*[[1437 BC]]: Legendary King [[Erichthonius I of Athens]] dies after a reign of 50 years and is succeeded by his son [[Pandion I]].{{citation needed|date=August 2015}} 
* [[1430 BC]] – [[1178 BC]]: Beginning of [[Hittite empire]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Old Hittite Kingdom and Hittite Empire (1600 BC - 1200 BC) – Ancient Civilizations|url=https://anciv.info/mesopotamia/old-hittite-kingdom-and-hittite-empire.html|access-date=2020-12-25|website=anciv.info}}</ref>
* [[1420s BC|c. 1420 BC]]: [[Crete]] conquered by [[Mycenae]]—start of the [[Mycenaean period]]. First [[Linear B]] tablets.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}} 
* [[1400 BC]]: In [[Crete]] the use of bronze helmets (discovery at [[Knossos]]).<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hencken|first=Hugh|date=1965|title=ARCHEOLOGY: Early Greek Armour and Weapons from the End of the Bronze Age to 600 B.C. ANTHONY SNODGRASS|journal=American Anthropologist|language=en|volume=67|issue=4|pages=1054–1055|doi=10.1525/aa.1965.67.4.02a00450|issn=1548-1433|doi-access=}}</ref>
* [[1400 BC]]: [[Palace of Minos]] destroyed by fire.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Sacks|first1=David|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KeEjUjSaDA0C&q=Palace+of+Minos+destroyed+by+fire&pg=PA146|title=A Dictionary of the Ancient Greek World|last2=Murray|first2=Oswyn|date=1995|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-511206-1|language=en}}</ref>
* [[1409–1400 BC|c. 1400 BC]]: [[Linear A]] reaches its peak of popularity.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}} 
* [[1409–1400 BC|c. 1400 BC]]: The height of the [[Canaan]]ite town of [[Ugarit]]. [[Royal Palace of Ugarit]] is built.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gates |first1=Charles |title=Ancient Cities: The Archaeology of Urban Life in the Ancient Near East and Egypt, Greece, and Rome |date=2011 |publisher=Routledge |location=Abingdon, Oxon |isbn=9780415498647 |pages=160 |edition=2nd}}</ref> 
* [[Myceneans]] conquers [[Ancient Greek|Greece]] and border of [[Anatolia]].
* The [[Tumulus culture]] flourishes.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}} 
* Earliest traces of [[Olmec]] civilization.<ref name=Olmec>Diehl, Richard A. (2004). The Olmecs : America's First Civilization. London: Thames and Hudson. pp. 9–25. {{ISBN|0500285039}}.</ref>