15th century BC Chr.
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The 15th century BC Chr. Began v on January 1, 1500. And ended on December 31, 1401 BC. Chr.
Age / Epoch
- Middle Mycenaean Period or Late Helladic II on the southern and central Greek mainland.
- Around 1500 BC The Aryans migrated from the north into what is now India and brought the Vedic culture when they mingled with the indigenous tribes. This is how the early Vedic period begins .
- Around 1450 BC The post-palace period begins on Crete .
- The Bronze Age in Central Europe covers the period from 2200 to 800 BC. The Middle Bronze Age lasted in Central Europe from about 1600 BC in absolute chronological terms. BC to 1300 BC Chr.
Events / developments
- From the 15th century BC The Olmecs can be detected in today's Mexico .
- Early 15th century BC Or as early as the end of the 16th century BC The Kingdom of Mittani in northern Syria was established in the 4th century BC .
- around 1493 BC Chr .: Thutmose I becomes regent of Egypt ; he was the first regent to erect his tomb in the Valley of the Kings near Karnak .
- around 1465 BC Was Agum III. Ruler of Babylonia . He probably conquered the southern Mesopotamian sea country and then the island of Dilmun (presumably today's Bahrain ).
- 1457 BC Chr .: In the battle of Megiddo the Egyptians defeat a coalition of princes from Retjenu .
- around 1450/1425 BC BC (according to traditional chronology): Mycenaean Greeks conquer Minoan Crete , the Cretan-ruled Cyclades as well as Rhodes and Miletus, which were at least partly Cretan settled until then .
- around 1445 BC Chr .: Early dating of the exodus of the people of Israel from Egypt according to 1 Kings 6,1 EU .
Personalities
Note: The years of government cannot be precisely determined in this century. Therefore, these are approximate estimates.
Pharaohs of Egypt
- Amenhotep I (1514–1493 BC)
- Thutmose I (1493–1482 BC)
- Thutmose II. (1482–1479 BC)
- Hatshepsut (1479-1458 BC)
- Thutmose III. (1458–1426 BC)
- Amenhotep II (1426-1400 BC)
Kings of Assyria
- Puzur-Aššur III. (1502–1479 BC)
- Enlil-nasir I (1478–1466 BC)
- Nur-ili (1465-1454 BC)
- Aššur-šaduni (1454 BC)
- Aššur-rabi I (1453–1435 BC)
- Aššur-nadin-ahhe I (1434–1421 BC)
- Enlil-nasir II (1420-1415 BC)
- Aššur-nirari II. (1414-1408 BC)
- Aššur-bel-nišešu (1407-1399 BC)
King of Babylonia
- Burna-buriaš I. (1510-1490 BC)
- Kaštiliaš III. (1490–1465 BC)
- Agum III. (1465-1415 BC)
- Kara-indaš (1415–1403 BC)
- Kadašman-Ḫarbe I. (1403-1390 BC)
King of Elam
- Kidinu (around 1500 BC)
Kings of the Hittite Empire
- Taḫurwaili (1500–1485 BC)
- Alluwamna (1485-1480 BC)
- Ḫantili II. (1480-1465 BC)
- Zidanta II. (1465-1450 BC)
- Ḫuzziya II. (1450-1430 BC)
- Muwattalli I (1430-1420 BC)
- Tudḫaliya I (1420–1400 BC)
Inventions and discoveries
- The Linear B script is used in the 15th century BC. Developed by the Mycenaean culture from the older Minoan Linear A script .
- The Cypro-Minoan script has been used since the 15th century BC. Used in Cyprus .
- In the 15th century BC BC glass was made into vessels in Egypt . The technology was probably imported from northern Syria and Palestine as part of the expansion policy of the New Kingdom.
Web links
Commons : 15th century BC Chr. - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ Mycenae Peloponnese . In: kreta.com . Retrieved February 18, 2012.
- ↑ History: India . In: Wissen-digital.de . Retrieved February 18, 2012.
- ^ Andreas Schneider : Crete. DuMont Reiseverlag, 2001, ISBN 3-7701-5601-3 , p. 79
- ↑ Polte Marcel: 2012 Countdown of the Apocalypse ?. BoD - Books on Demand, 2010, ISBN 3-8423-2584-3 , p. 10
- ↑ Klaas Veenhof : History of the Ancient Orient up to the time of Alexander the Great. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2001, ISBN 3-525-51685-1 , p. 158
- ↑ Harriet Crawford & Michael Rice: Traces of Paradise: The Archeology of Bahrain, 2500 BC to 300 AD. IBTauris, 2005, ISBN 1-86064-742-1 , p. 114
- ↑ Peter Hugoe Matthews: The concise Oxford dictionary of linguistics. Oxford University Press, 2007, ISBN 0-19-920272-9 , at G (Greek)
- ↑ Carl Knappett and Lambros Malafouris: Material agency: towards a non-Anthropocentric approach. Springer, 2008, ISBN 0-387-74710-9 , p. 147
- ↑ Üwe Hinrichs and Uwe Büttner: Manual of the Southeast Europe linguistics. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, 1999, ISBN 3-447-03939-6 , p. 197
- ↑ Axel von Saldern : Antique glass. CH Beck, 2004, ISBN 3-406-51994-6 , p. 30 ff