Millennium
2nd millennium BC
Centuries
17th century BC 16th century BC 15th century BC
Decades
1590s BC 1580s BC 1570s BC 1560s BC 1550s BC
Years
1579 BC 1578 BC 1577 BC 1576 BC 1575 BC 1574 BC 1573 BC 1572 BC 1571 BC 1570 BC
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The 1570s BC is a decade that began on January 1, 1579 BC, and ended on December 31, 1570 BC.

Events and trends

1570 BC—The Second Intermediate Period of Egypt ends and the New Kingdom of Egypt begins.
1572 BC—The death of Moses, according to Thrasyllus of Mendes, an Egyptian mathematician and astronomer who lived in the reign of Tiberius

Significant people

Kamose, last Pharaoh of the Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt (1573–1570 BC).
Ahmose I, Pharaoh and founder of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt (1570–1546 BC).
1573 BC—Death of Eber, son of Salah (b. 2037 BC) according to the Hebrew calendar

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