1620s BC
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Centuries: 18th century BC - 17th century BC - 16th century BC
Decades: 1670s BC 1660s BC 1650s BC 1640s BC 1630s BC - 1620s BC - 1610s BC 1600s BC 1590s BC 1580s BC 1570s BC
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[edit] Events and trends
- 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 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).
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[edit] References
- ^ LaMarche, Valmore C. Jr. & Hirschboeck, Katherine K. (1984). "Frost rings in trees as records of major volcanic eruptions". Nature 307: 121-126. DOI:10.1038/307121a0.
- ^ Baillie, M. G. L. & Munro, M. A. R. (1988). "Irish tree rings, Santorini and volcanic dust veils". Nature 332: 344-346. DOI:10.1038/332344a0.
- ^ Vogel, J. S. et al. (1990). "Vesuvius/Avellino, one possible source of seventeenth century BC climatic disturbances". Nature 344: 534-537. DOI:10.1038/344534a0.
