17th century BC

One hundred years, from 1700 BC to 1601 BC

"1600s BC" redirects here. For the decade, see 1600s BC (decade).

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2nd millennium BC
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* 16th century BC

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* 1690s BC
* 1680s BC
* 1670s BC
* 1660s BC
* 1650s BC

* 1640s BC
* 1630s BC
* 1620s BC
* 1610s BC
* 1600s BC

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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

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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 Crete.
* 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

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* 1684 BC – Heremon, Irish legend

## Extinctions

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* The last known population of woolly mammoth, preserved on Wrangel Island, becomes extinct.[6]

## Sovereign states

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See: List of sovereign states in the 17th century BC.

## References

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1. ^ "NASA - Catalog of Lunar Eclipses in Saros 34". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
2. ^ LaMarche, Valmore C. Jr.; Hirschboeck, Katherine K. (1984). "Frost rings in trees as records of major volcanic eruptions". Nature. 307 (5947): 121–126\. Bibcode:1984Natur.307..121L. doi:10.1038/307121a0. S2CID 4370382.
3. ^ Baillie, M. G. L.; Munro, M. A. R. (1988). "Irish tree rings, Santorini and volcanic dust veils". Nature. 332 (6162): 344–346\. Bibcode:1988Natur.332..344B. doi:10.1038/332344a0. S2CID 4286911.
4. ^ Vogel, J. S.; et al. (1990). "Vesuvius/Avellino, one possible source of seventeenth century BC climatic disturbances". Nature. 344 (6266): 534–537\. Bibcode:1990Natur.344..534V. doi:10.1038/344534a0. S2CID 4368499.
5. ^ McAneney, Jonny; Baillie, Mike (2019). "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.
6. ^ Stuart, Anthony J; Sulerzhitsky, Leopold D; Orlova, Lyobov A; Kuzmin, Yaroslav V; Lister, Adrian M (2002). "The latest woolly mammoths (Mammuthus primigenius Blumenbach) in Europe and Asia: A review of the current evidence" (PDF). Quaternary Science Reviews. 21 (14–15): 1559. Bibcode:2002QSRv...21.1559S. doi:10.1016/S0277-3791(02)00026-4.14–15&rft.pages=1559&rft.date=2002&rft_id=info:doi/10.1016/S0277-3791(02)00026-4&rft_id=info:bibcode/2002QSRv...21.1559S&rft.aulast=Stuart&rft.aufirst=Anthony+J&rft.au=Sulerzhitsky,+Leopold+D&rft.au=Orlova,+Lyobov+A&rft.au=Kuzmin,+Yaroslav+V&rft.au=Lister,+Adrian+M&rft_id=http://doc.rero.ch/record/13491/files/PAL_E271.pdf&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:17th+century+BC" class="Z3988">

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