Millennia:	2nd millennium BC
Centuries:	17th century BC - 16th century BC - 15th century BC
Decades:	1600s BC 1590s BC 1580s BC - 1570s BC - 1560s BC 1550s BC 1540s BC
Years:	1579 BC 1578 BC 1577 BC 1576 BC 1575 BC 1574 BC 1573 BC 1572 BC 1571 BC 1570 BC
Categories:	Births - Deaths - State leaders - Sovereign states Establishments - Disestablishments

Events and trends

• 1570 BC — The Second Intermediate Period of Egypt ends and the New Kingdom begins in Ancient Egypt.

Significant people

• Kamose, last Pharaoh of the 17th Dynasty of Egypt (1573–1570).
• Ahmose I, Pharaoh and founder of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt (1570–1546 BC).

Deaths

• 1573 BC — Eber, son of Salah (b. 2037 BC) according to the Hebrew Calendar