Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index 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 Events and Trends 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 Early traces of Maya civilization developing in Belize The Phoenicians develop an alphabet - see Timeline of communication technology 1506 BC - Cecrops, legendary King of Athens dies after a reign of 50 years. Having survived his own son , he is succeeded by Cranaus. Egypt conquers Nubia and the Levant (1504 BC - 1492 BC) Significant People Thutmose II of Egypt, Pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty ( 1518 - 1504 BC). Thutmose III of Egypt, Pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty ( 1503 BC - 1450 BC). This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.