17TH CENTURY BC

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The 'seventeenth century BC' was the time period from 1700 BC to 1601 BC.

Contents
Events
Significant persons
Deaths
Decades and Years
References

Events


Satellite image of Thera, centre location of the Minoan eruption, one possible source of seventeenth century BC climatic disturbances


★ 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 BCBelu-bani became the King of Assyria.

★ c. 1700 BC — beginning of the Late Minoan period on Crete

★ c. 1700 BCLila-Ir-Tash started to rule the Elamite Empire.

★ c. 1698 BCLila-Ir-Tash the ruler of the Elamite Empire died. Temti-Agun I started to rule the Elamite Empire.

1691 BCBelu-bani, the King of Assyria died.

★ c. 1690 BCTemti-Agun I, the ruler of the Elamite Empire, died. Tan-Uli started to rule the Elamite Empire.

1690 BCLibaia became the King of Assyria.

1680s BCEgypt: Start of Sixteenth Dynasty.

1680s BCEgypt: Development of leavened bread (date approximate).

1670s BCEgypt: Start of Fifteenth Dynasty.

1673 BCSharma-Adad I became the King of Assyria.

1661 BCIptar-Sin became the King of Assyria.

1650s BCEgypt: Start of Seventeenth Dynasty.

★ c. 1655 BCTan-Uli, the ruler of the Elamite Empire, died.

1649 BCBazaia became the King of Assyria.

1633 BC — End of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth dynasties of Egypt, start of the Fifteenth dynasty.

1627 BC – Beginn of a several years lasting cooling of world climate recorded in tree-rings all over the world.[1] It might have been caused by the Minoan eruption of Thera[2] or the Avellino eruption of Mount Vesuvius.[3]

1625 BCSamsu-Ditana becomes King of Babylon (middle chronology).

1621 BCLullaia becomes the King of Assyria.

1620 BCMursili I becomes King of the Hittite Empire (middle chronology).

1615 BCShu-Ninua became the King of Assyria.

1601 BCSharma-Adad II became the King of Assyria.

1600s BCEgypt: 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 BCEgypt conquered by Asian tribes known as the Hyksos — see History of ancient Israel and Judah.

Unetice culture

★ Development of leavened bread in Egypt.

★ Development of the windmill in Persia.

Significant 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 BCSarah, wife of Abraham, according to the Hebrew Calendar

1686 BCHammurabi (short chronology)

1684 BCHeremon, Irish legend

1677 BCTerah, father of Abraham, according to the Hebrew Calendar

1664 BCArpachshad, son of Ham, son of Noah, according to the Hebrew Calendar

1637 BCAbraham according to Jewish calculations. (2,123 years after biblical creation)

1634 BCShelah, son of Arpachshad, according to the Hebrew Calendar

1602 BCShem, son of Noah, according to the Hebrew Calendar

Decades and Years


References



1. Frost rings in trees as records of major volcanic eruptions, LaMarche, Valmore C. Jr. & Hirschboeck, Katherine K., , , Nature, 1984
2. Irish tree rings, Santorini and volcanic dust veils, Baillie, M. G. L. & Munro, M. A. R., , , Nature, 1988
3. Vesuvius/Avellino, one possible source of seventeenth century BC climatic disturbances, Vogel, J. S. ''et al.'', , , Nature, 1990



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