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1500s BC

Centuries: 17th century BC - 16th century BC - 15th century BC

Decades: 1550s BC 1540s BC 1530s BC 1520s BC 1510s BC - 1500s BC - 1490s BC 1480s BC 1470s BC 1460s BC 1450s BC

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Stonehenge built in Wiltshire, England
The element Mercury has been discovered in Egyptian tombs dating from this decade
Settlers from Crete, Greece move to Miletus, Turkey
Start of the Mayan civilisation spread over Belize
The Phoenicians develop an alphabet - see Timeline of communication technology
Egypt conquers Nubia and the Levant (1504 BC - 1492 BC)

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