1620s BC

Events and trends

• 1627 BC — Beginning of a several years lasting cooling of world climate 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).

Significant people

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