Millennium:	2nd millennium BC
Centuries:	16th century BC – 15th century BC – 14th century BC
Decades:	1480s BC 1470s BC 1460s BC – 1450s BC – 1440s BC 1430s BC 1420s BC
Years:	1459 BC 1458 BC 1457 BC 1456 BC 1455 BC 1454 BC 1453 BC 1452 BC 1451 BC 1450 BC
Categories:	Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments

[edit] Events and trends

• May 9, 1457 BC—Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC) between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Kadesh. It is the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail.
• 1456 BC—The Bible says, Moses leads the Exodus of the Jews from Egypt.
• c. 1450 BC—Mycenaeans attack Crete and destroy Knossos.
• c. 1450 BC—Minoan Second Palace period ends and Late Minoan culture starts.

[edit] Significant people