17th century BC

One hundred years, from 1700 BC to 1601 BC 1600s BC the decade 1600s BC (decade) -17 The 17th century BC was the century that lasted from 1700 BC to 1601 BC. thumb|200px|right|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 thumb|300px|right|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.NASA - Catalog of Lunar Eclipses in Saros 34 https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEsaros/LEsaros034.html 2021-05-01 eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov 1627 BC: Beginning of a cooling of world climate lasting several years recorded in tree-rings all over the world.LaMarche, Valmore C. Jr. Hirschboeck, Katherine K. 1984 Frost rings in trees as records of major volcanic eruptions Nature 307 121–126 10.1038/307121a0 5947 1984Natur.307..121L 4370382 It may have been caused by one, or more, volcanic eruptions e.g. the Minoan eruption of Thera,Baillie, M. G. L. Munro, M. A. R. 1988 Irish tree rings, Santorini and volcanic dust veils Nature 332 344–346 10.1038/332344a0 6162 1988Natur.332..344B 4286911 the Avellino eruption of Mount Vesuvius,Vogel, J. S. 1990 Vesuvius/Avellino, one possible source of seventeenth century BC climatic disturbances Nature 344 534–537 10.1038/344534a0 6266 1990Natur.344..534V 4368499 etal and/or the eruption of Mount Aniakchak in Alaska.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 10.15184/aqy.2018.165 99–112 free 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 1684 BC – Heremon, Irish legend Extinctions The last known population of woolly mammoth, preserved on Wrangel Island, becomes extinct.10.1016/S0277-3791(02)00026-4 The latest woolly mammoths (Mammuthus primigenius Blumenbach) in Europe and Asia: A review of the current evidence Quaternary Science Reviews 21 14–15 1559 2002 Stuart Anthony J Sulerzhitsky Leopold D Orlova Lyobov A Kuzmin Yaroslav V Lister Adrian M 2002QSRv...21.1559S http://doc.rero.ch/record/13491/files/PAL_E271.pdf Sovereign states See: List of sovereign states in the 17th century BC. References -3 -83