1490s BC

Decade
Millennium
2nd millennium BC
Centuries
  • 16th century BC
  • 15th century BC
  • 14th century BC
Decades
  • 1510s BC
  • 1500s BC
  • 1490s BC
  • 1480s BC
  • 1470s BC
Years
  • 1499 BC
  • 1498 BC
  • 1497 BC
  • 1496 BC
  • 1495 BC
  • 1494 BC
  • 1493 BC
  • 1492 BC
  • 1491 BC
  • 1490 BC
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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.[1]
  • 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.
  • c. 1492 BC—Thutmose I dies (other date is 1493 BC).
  • 1492 BC—April 3—Lunar Saros 37 begins.[2]
  • 1491 BC—According to James Ussher's chronology, this is when Moses led the Hebrews from Egypt. This was called the Exodus.

Significant people

References

  1. ^ Bale, Martin T. (2001). "Archaeology of Early Agriculture on Korea: An Update on Recent Developments". Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association. 21 (5): 77–84.
  2. ^ "NASA - Lunar Eclipses of Saros Series 1 to 175". sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov. Archived from the original on 11 July 2007. Retrieved 13 January 2022.


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