17th century BC
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| Centuries: | 18th century BC - 17th century BC - 16th century BC |
| Decades: | 1690s BC 1680s 1670s 1660s 1650s 1640s 1630s 1620s 1610s 1600s BC |
Events
- 1700 – 1500 BC -- Hurrian conquests.
- 1700 BC - Belu-bani became the King of Assyria.
- c. 1700 BC - beginning of the Late Minoan period on Crete
- c. 1700 BC - Lila-Ir-Tash started to rule the Elamite Empire.
- c. 1698 BC - Lila-Ir-Tash the ruler of the Elamite Empire died. Temti-Agun I started to rule the Elamite Empire.
- 1691 BC - Belu-bani, the King of Assyria died.
- c. 1690 BC - Temti-Agun I, the ruler of the Elamite Empire, died. Tan-Uli started to rule the Elamite Empire.
- 1690 BC - Libaia became the King of Assyria.
- 1680s BC - Egypt: Start of Sixteenth Dynasty.
- 1680s BC - Egypt: Development of leavened bread (date approximate).
- 1670s BC - Egypt: Start of Fifteenth Dynasty.
- 1650s BC - Egypt: Start of Seventeenth Dynasty.
- c. 1655 BC - Tan-Uli, the ruler of the Elamite Empire, died.
- 1645 BC - Santorini, in the Aegean Sea, erupts, contributing to the demise of Minoan civilization (the date is suggested by 1990s Greenland ice coring.
- 1633 BC -- End of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth dynasties of Egypt, start of the Fifteenth dynasty.
- 1628 BC -- Estimated date of the volcanic eruption on Thera which possibly affected the fate of Minoan civilization.
- 1600s BC - Egypt: End of Fourteenth Dynasty.
- 1600s BC - The creation of one of the oldest surviving astronomical documents, a copy of which was found in the Babylonian library of Ashurbanipal: a 21-year record of the appearances of Venus (which the early Babylonians called Nindaranna).
- 1600s BC - The end of the Indus Valley civilization.
- 1600s BC - The overthrow of the ruling Amorite dynasty in Aleppo, Syria.
- 1600s BC - The date of the earliest discovered rubber balls.
- 1600s BC - Egypt conquered by Asian tribes known as the Hyksos - see History of ancient Israel and Judah.
- Unetice culture
- Development of leavened bread in Egypt.
- Development of the windmill in Persia.
Significant persons
- Hammurabi, died 1686 BC short chronology.
- 1684 BC - Death of Heremon, Irish legend.
- Jie , The last ruler of Xia Dynasty, ruled China for 52 years until 1600 BC according to the Xia Shang Zhou Chronology Project.
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