17th century BC

Events

• 1700
• c. 1700 BC — The last species of mammoth became extinct on Wrangel Island.
• c. 1700 BC: Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture
• 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.
• 1673 BC — Sharma-Adad I became the King of Assyria.
• 1661 BC — Iptar-Sin became the King of Assyria.
• 1650s BC — Egypt: Start of Seventeenth Dynasty.
• c. 1655 BC — Tan-Uli, the ruler of the Elamite Empire, died.
• 1649 BC — Bazaia became the King of Assyria.
• 1633 BC — End of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth dynasties of Egypt, start of the Fifteenth dynasty.
• 1627 BC – Beginning of a cooling of world climate lasting several years recorded in tree-rings all over the world. It might have been caused by the Minoan eruption of Thera or the Avellino eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
• 1625 BC — Samsu-Ditana becomes King of Babylon (middle chronology).
• 1621 BC — Lullaia becomes the King of Assyria.
• 1620 BC — Mursili I becomes King of the Hittite Empire (middle chronology).
• 1615 BC — Shu-Ninua became the King of Assyria.
• 1601 BC — Sharma-Adad II became the King of Assyria.
• 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.
• 1600s BC - Early Mycenaen culture: weapons, Cyclopaean walls and chariots.
• Unetice culture
• Development of leavened bread in Egypt.
• Development of the windmill in Persia.

Significant persons

• Jie , The last ruler of Xia Dynasty, ruled China for 52 years until 1600 BC according to the Xia Shang Zhou Chronology Project.

Deaths

• 1695 BC — Sarah, wife of Abraham, according to the Hebrew Calendar
• 1686 BC — Hammurabi (short chronology)
• 1684 BC — Heremon, Irish legend
• 1677 BC — Terah, father of Abraham, according to the Hebrew Calendar
• 1664 BC — Arpachshad, son of Ham, son of Noah, according to the Hebrew Calendar
• 1637 BC — Abraham according to Jewish calculations. (2,123 years after biblical creation)
• 1634 BC — Salah, son of Arpachshad, according to the Hebrew Calendar
• 1602 BC — Shem, son of Noah, according to the Hebrew Calendar

Decades and years

References