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1600_BC
1600_BC
1609–1600 BC
Events and trends
Egypt
— End of
Fourteenth Dynasty
.
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).
The end of the
Indus Valley civilization
.
The overthrow of the ruling
Amorite
dynasty in
Aleppo
,
Syria
.
The date of the earliest discovered
rubber
balls.
Egypt
conquered by
Asian
tribes known as the
Hyksos
— see
History of ancient Israel and Judah
.
1600 BC
—
Shang Dynasty
instituted in
China
.
1600 BC
—
Tumulus culture
started.
c.
1600 BC
—
Nebra skydisk
created.
c. 1600 BC — The foundations of the
Olmec
civilization in
Southern Mexico
.
c. 1600 BC —
Cycladic civilization
ends.
c. 1600 BC–
1550 BC
— "Mask of Agamemnon"
Funerary mask
, from the royal tombs at
Mycenae
,
Greece
, is made. Grave Circle A. It is now at
National Archaeological Museum of Athens
.
c. 1600 BC–
1200 BC
—
Hittite
(
Anatolia
) iron tools and weapons.
c. 1600 BC – 1200 BC —
Tiryns
,
Ancient Greece
, is inhabited.
c. 1600 BC —
Hittites
establish capital at
Hattushash
(near modern
Boghazkeui
,
Turkey
).
Significant people
*
Deaths
1602 BC
—
Shem
, son of
Noah
, according to the Hebrew Calendar
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