{{Short description|Decade}} {{More citations needed|date=January 2024}}{{Decadebox BC|150}} The '''1500s BC''' was a decade lasting from January 1, 1509 BC to December 31, 1500 BC.
==Events and trends==
*1506 BC — 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 ferrets 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 — Polynesians settle in Fiji, (controversial Fiji settlement) *c. 1500 BC — Mycenaean civilization starts in Ancient Greece. *c. 1500 BC — Eleusinian Mysteries start in Ancient Greece. *c. 1500 BC — 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 (18th Dynasty). *c. 1500 BC: The element Mercury has been discovered in Egyptian 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 Phoenicians 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
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{{DEFAULTSORT:1509-1500 Bc}} Category:16th century BC