Events and trends

Significant people

• Erishum III, King of Assyria
  Kings of Assyria
  The list of Assyrian kings is compiled from the Assyrian King List, an ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia with information added from recent archaeological findings. The Assyrian King List includes regnal lengths that appear to have been based on now lost limmu lists...
  
  , Hatshepsut- and Egyptian queen. 1598
  1590s BC
  -Events and trends:* ca. 1595 BC—Mursili I, king of the Hittites, sacks Babylon. This brings an end to the rule of the descendants of Hammurabi in that kingdom.-Significant people:* 1597 BC—Aaron born to Amram and his wife Jochebed...
  
  –1586 BC (traditional date), or ca. 1580–1567 BC
  1560s BC
  -Events and trends:* 1567 BC—Egypt: End of Fifteenth Dynasty, end of Sixteenth Dynasty, end of Seventeenth Dynasty, start of Eighteenth Dynasty.-Significant people:* Ahmose I, Pharaoh and founder of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt...
  
   (newer dating)

• Actaeus
  Actaeus
  Actaeus was the first king of Attica, according to Pausanias. He was the son of Erysichthon, father of Agraulus, and father-in-law to Cecrops, the first king of the city of Athens. Actaeus is said to have ruled over a city named Acte or Akte. The location of this city is uncertain...
  
  , King of Athens, first King of Athens according to the Parian Chronicle
  Parian Chronicle
  The Parian Marble or Parian Chronicle is a Greek chronological table, covering the years from 1581 BC to 264 BC, inscribed on a stele...
  
   succeeded in the throne by Cecrops I
  Cecrops I
  Cecrops was a mythical king of Athens who is said to have reigned for fifty-six years. The name is not of Greek origin according to Strabo, or it might mean 'face with a tail': it is said that, born from the earth itself, he had his top half shaped like a man and the bottom half in serpent or...