1509–1500 BC

==Events and trends==
*The element Mercury has been discovered in Egyptian tombs dating from this decade.
*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.
*Biblical Exodus, according to Simcha Jacobovich in the earliest suggestion of the documentary Exodus Decoded.
*Polynesians settle in Fiji.
*c. 1500 BC—Mycenaean civilization starts in Ancient Greece.
*1500 BC–500 BC—Vedas are composed.
==References==
 
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