17th century BC

The 17th century BC is a century which lasted from 1700 BC to 1601 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. [cite journal | author = LaMarche, Valmore C. Jr. & Hirschboeck, Katherine K. | year = 1984 | title = Frost rings in trees as records of major volcanic eruptions | journal = Nature | volume = 307 | pages = 121–126 | doi = 10.1038/307121a0 ] It might have been caused by the Minoan eruption of Thera [cite journal | author = Baillie, M. G. L. & Munro, M. A. R. | year = 1988 | title = Irish tree rings, Santorini and volcanic dust veils | journal = Nature | volume = 332 | pages = 344–346 | doi = 10.1038/332344a0 ] or the Avellino eruption of Mount Vesuvius. [cite journal | author = Vogel, J. S. "et al." | year = 1990 | title = Vesuvius/Avellino, one possible source of seventeenth century BC climatic disturbances | journal = Nature | volume = 344 | pages = 534–537 | doi = 10.1038/344534a0 ]
*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.

ignificant 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