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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium BC |
| Centuries: | 16th century BC - 15th century BC - 14th century BC |
| Decades: | 1500s BC 1490s BC 1480s BC - 1470s BC - 1460s BC 1450s BC 1440s BC |
| Years: | 1479 BC 1478 BC 1477 BC 1476 BC 1475 BC 1474 BC 1473 BC 1472 BC 1471 BC 1470 BC |
| Categories: | Births - Deaths - Architecture Establishments - Disestablishments |
Events
- c. 1478 BC–1390 BC — Hand mirror, Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt, is made. It is now at The Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York.
- c. 1473 BC — Hatshepsut (18th dynasty) started to rule. She is a daughter of Thutmose I. Married to her half brother Thutmose II.
- c. 1473 BC–1458 BC: Hatshepsut as sphinx, from Deir el-Bahri was made. Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt. It is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Significant people
- Thutmose III of Egypt, Pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty ( 1479 BC–1425 BC). He was the first who called himself "pharaoh".
- Hatshepsut of Egypt, female Pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty (1473 BC–1458 BC).
