| Millennium: | 2nd millennium BC |
| Centuries: | 17th century BC – 16th century BC – 15th century BC |
| Decades: | 1560s BC 1550s BC 1540s BC – 1530s BC – 1520s BC 1510s BC 1500s BC |
| Years: | 1539 BC 1538 BC 1537 BC 1536 BC 1535 BC 1534 BC 1533 BC 1532 BC 1531 BC 1530 BC |
| Categories: | Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments |
Events and trends
- 1539 BC—End of Seventeenth dynasty of Egypt, start of the Eighteenth Dynasty.
- 1539 BC—Approximate first use of the Valley of the Kings.
- 1534 BC—The oldest dated star chart was made in Ancient Egypt.[1]
- 1530 BC—End of the First Dynasty of Babylon and the start of the Kassite Dynasty—see History of Iraq.
Significant people
References
- ^ von Spaeth, Ove (2000). "Dating the Oldest Egyptian Star Map". Centaurus International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science and Technology 42 (3): 159–179. http://www.moses-egypt.net/star-map/senmut1-mapdate_en.asp. Retrieved 2007-10-21.
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