1490s BC

Events and trends

• Egypt conquers Nubia and the Levant (1504 BC–1492 BC).
• 1497 BC — Cranaus, legendary King of Athens, is deposed after a reign of 10 years by his son-in-law Amphictyon of Thessaly, son of Deucalion and Pyrrha.
• 1493 BC — Thutmose I (Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt) died.
• c. 1492 BC — Thutmose I dies (other date is 1493 BC).
• 1492 BC — April 3 — Lunar Saros 37 begins.

Significant people

• Thutmose II of Egypt, Pharaoh of the eighteenth dynasty of Egypt (c. 1493 BC – c. 1479 BC).