{{Short description|Decade}} {{Decadebox BC|149}} The '''1490s BC''' was a decade lasting from January 1, 1499 BC to December 31, 1490 BC.
==Events and trends== *Egypt conquers Nubia and the Levant (1504 BC–1492 BC). * 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 in the Korean peninsula.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bale|first=Martin T.|year=2001|title=Archaeology of Early Agriculture on 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> *1497 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. *1493 BC—Thutmose I (Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt) died. *{{Circa}} 1492 BC—Thutmose I dies (other date is 1493 BC). *1492 BC—April 3—Lunar Saros 37 begins.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEsaros/LEsaros1-175.html |title=NASA - Lunar Eclipses of Saros Series 1 to 175 |website=sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070711070946/http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEsaros/LEsaros1-175.html |archive-date=11 July 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> *1491 BC—According to James Ussher's chronology, this is when Moses led the Hebrews from Egypt. This was called the Exodus.
==Significant people== * Thutmose II of Egypt, Pharaoh of the eighteenth dynasty of Egypt (c. 1493 BC – c. 1479 BC).
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Category:15th century BC
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