The 1530s BC was a

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lasting from January 1, 1539 BC to December 31, 1530 BC.

Events and trends

1539 BC The 1530s BC was a decade lasting from January 1, 1539 BC to December 31, 1530 BC. 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. ...

—End of

Seventeenth dynasty of Egypt The Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt (notated Dynasty XVII, alternatively 17th Dynasty or Dynasty 17) was a dynasty of pharaohs that ruled in Upper Egypt during the late Second Intermediate Period, approximately from 1580 to 1550 BC. Its mainly Theba ...

, start of the Eighteenth Dynasty. *

—Approximate first use of the

Valley of the Kings The Valley of the Kings ( ar, وادي الملوك ; Late Coptic: ), also known as the Valley of the Gates of the Kings ( ar, وادي أبوا الملوك ), is a valley in Egypt where, for a period of nearly 500 years from the 16th to 11th ...

. *

1534 BC The 1530s BC was a decade lasting from January 1, 1539 BC to December 31, 1530 BC. 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. * ...

—The oldest dated

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was made in Ancient Egypt. * 1531 BC— Joseph interprets dreams of the Pharaoh, is released from prison and becomes second in Egypt next only to the Pharaoh himself. * 1530 BC—End of the

First Dynasty of Babylon The Old Babylonian Empire, or First Babylonian Empire, is dated to BC – BC, and comes after the end of Sumerian power with the destruction of the Third Dynasty of Ur, and the subsequent Isin-Larsa period. The chronology of the first dynasty ...

and the start of the

Kassite Dynasty The Kassite dynasty, also known as the third Babylonian dynasty, was a line of kings of Kassite origin who ruled from the city of Babylon in the latter half of the second millennium BC and who belonged to the same family that ran the kingdom of ...

—see

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Significant people

References

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