1470s BC

The 1470s BC was a decade lasting from January 1, 1479 BC to December 31, 1470 BC.

Millennium:	2nd millennium BC
Centuries:	16th century BC 15th century BC 14th century BC
Decades:	1490s BC 1480s BC 1470s BC 1460s BC 1450s BC
Years:	1479 BC 1478 BC 1477 BC 1476 BC 1475 BC 1474 BC 1473 BC 1472 BC 1471 BC 1470 BC
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Events

• c. 1478 BC–1390 BC—Hand mirror, Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, is made. It is now at the Brooklyn Museum, 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 – Funerary temple of Hatshepsut, Deir el-Bahari is built. Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt.
• c. 1473 BC–1458 BC—Hatshepsut as sphinx, from Deir el-Bahari was made. Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt. It is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Significant people

• Thutmose III, Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty (1479 BC–1425 BC). He was the first who called himself "pharaoh".
• Hatshepsut, female Pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty (1473 BC–1458 BC).