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One hundred years, from 1700 BC to 1601 BC
The 17th century BC was the
century that lasted from 1700 BC to 1601 BC.
Nebra sky disk , central Europe 1600 BC. The inlaid gold depicted the crescent moon and the
Pleiades star cluster in a specific arrangement forming the earliest known depiction of celestial phenomena.
Events
Satellite image of Thera, centre location of the
Minoan eruption , one possible source of 17th century BC climatic disturbances
c.
1700 BC :
Indus Valley civilisation comes to an end but is continued by the
Cemetery H culture .
1700 BC :
Belu-bani became the
King of Assyria .
c. 1700 BC:
Minoan Old Palace period ends and Minoan Second Palace period starts in
Ancient Greece .
c. 1700 BC: beginning of the Late
Minoan period on
Crete .
c. 1700 BC:
Aegean metalworkers are producing decorative objects rivaling those of
Ancient Near East jewelers, whose techniques they seem to borrow.
c.
1700 BC : Lila-Ir-Tash started to rule the
Elamite Empire .
c. 1700 BC:
1450 BC : Young girl gathering saffron crocus flowers, detail of wall painting, Room 3 of House Xeste 3,
Akrotiri (prehistoric city) ,
Thera , is made. Second Palace period. It is now kept in Thera Foundation, Petros M. Nomikos,
Greece .
c. 1700 BC:
Bronze Age starts in
China .
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 .
c.
1680 BC :
Egypt : Development of leavened
bread (date approximate).
c.
1673 BC :
Sharma-Adad I became the
King of Assyria .
c.
1661 BC :
Iptar-Sin became the
King of Assyria .
c.
1655 BC : Tan-Uli, the ruler of the
Elamite Empire , died.
c.
1650 BC : Collapse of the
14th Dynasty of Egypt .
c.
1650 BC : Conquest of
Memphis by the
Hyksos and collapse of the
13th Dynasty of Egypt .
c.
1650 BC : Start of the
15th (Hyksos) and
16th Dynasties of Egypt.
c.
1650 BC : Possibly, start of the
Abydos Dynasty in Upper Egypt.
c.
1646 BC or earlier:
Jie of Xia is overthrown by
Tang of Shang (ca. 1675-1646 BC) in the
Battle of Mingtiao .
1649 BC : Bazaia became the
King of Assyria .
1633 BC – May 2 –
Lunar
Saros 34 begins.
[1]
1627 BC : Beginning of a cooling of world climate lasting several years recorded in
tree-rings all over the world.
[2] It may have been caused by one, or more, volcanic eruptions e.g. the
Minoan eruption of
Thera ,
[3] the
Avellino eruption of
Mount Vesuvius ,
[4] and/or the eruption of
Mount Aniakchak in
Alaska .
[5]
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 .
c.
1600 BC :
Tang of Shang established the
Shang Dynasty .
Deaths
Extinctions
Sovereign states
See:
List of sovereign states in the 17th century BC .
References
^
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doi :
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"Absolute tree-ring dates for the Late Bronze Age eruptions of Aniakchak and Thera in light of a proposed revision of ice-core chronologies" . Antiquity . 93 (367): 99–112.
doi :
10.15184/aqy.2018.165 .
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