17th century BC

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2nd millennium BC
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The 17th century BC was the century that lasted from 1700 BC to 1601 BC.

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Events

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

1684 BC – Heremon, Irish legend

Extinctions

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

Sovereign states

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

References

^ "NASA - Catalog of Lunar Eclipses in Saros 34". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.

Decades and years

17th century BC
19th century BC ← 18th century BC ← ↔ → 16th century BC → 15th century BC

1700s BC	1709 BC	1708 BC	1707 BC	1706 BC	1705 BC	1704 BC	1703 BC	1702 BC	1701 BC	1700 BC
1690s BC	1699 BC	1698 BC	1697 BC	1696 BC	1695 BC	1694 BC	1693 BC	1692 BC	1691 BC	1690 BC
1680s BC	1689 BC	1688 BC	1687 BC	1686 BC	1685 BC	1684 BC	1683 BC	1682 BC	1681 BC	1680 BC
1670s BC	1679 BC	1678 BC	1677 BC	1676 BC	1675 BC	1674 BC	1673 BC	1672 BC	1671 BC	1670 BC
1660s BC	1669 BC	1668 BC	1667 BC	1666 BC	1665 BC	1664 BC	1663 BC	1662 BC	1661 BC	1660 BC
1650s BC	1659 BC	1658 BC	1657 BC	1656 BC	1655 BC	1654 BC	1653 BC	1652 BC	1651 BC	1650 BC
1640s BC	1649 BC	1648 BC	1647 BC	1646 BC	1645 BC	1644 BC	1643 BC	1642 BC	1641 BC	1640 BC
1630s BC	1639 BC	1638 BC	1637 BC	1636 BC	1635 BC	1634 BC	1633 BC	1632 BC	1631 BC	1630 BC
1620s BC	1629 BC	1628 BC	1627 BC	1626 BC	1625 BC	1624 BC	1623 BC	1622 BC	1621 BC	1620 BC
1610s BC	1619 BC	1618 BC	1617 BC	1616 BC	1615 BC	1614 BC	1613 BC	1612 BC	1611 BC	1610 BC
1600s BC	1609 BC	1608 BC	1607 BC	1606 BC	1605 BC	1604 BC	1603 BC	1602 BC	1601 BC	1600 BC
1590s BC	1599 BC	1598 BC	1597 BC	1596 BC	1595 BC	1594 BC	1593 BC	1592 BC	1591 BC	1590 BC

Centuries and millennia

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BC (BCE)
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3rd	30th	29th	28th	27th	26th	25th	24th	23rd	22nd	21st
2nd	20th	19th	18th	17th	16th	15th	14th	13th	12th	11th
1st	10th	9th	8th	7th	6th	5th	4th	3rd	2nd	1st
AD (CE)
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2nd	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th
3rd	21st	22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	28th	29th	30th

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Events

Deaths

Extinctions

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