1570s BC

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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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