17th century BC

Millennium:	2nd millennium BC
Centuries:	18th century BC · 17th century BC · 16th century BC
Decades:	1690s BC 1680s BC 1670s BC 1660s BC 1650s BC 1640s BC 1630s BC 1620s BC 1610s BC 1600s BC
Categories:	Births – Deaths Establishments – Disestablishments

The 17th century BC is a century which lasted from 1700 BC to 1601 BC.

1 Events
2 Significant persons
3 Deaths
4 Decades and years
5 References

Events

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

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: 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 – Bronze Age starts in China.
c. 1700 BC – Shang Dynasty starts in China.
c. 1700 BC – 1450 BC: Young girl gathering saffron crocus flowers, detail of wall painting, Room 3 of House Xeste 3, Akrotiri (Santorini), Thera, is made. Second Palace period. It is now kept in Thera Foundation, Petros M. Nomikos, Greece.
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: Start of Sixteenth Dynasty.
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: Egypt: Start of the Seventeenth Dynasty.
1649 BC: Bazaia became the King of Assyria.
c. 1674 BC: Egypt: Start of Fifteenth Dynasty.
1633 BC : Egypt: End of the Thirteenth Dynasty.
1627 BC: Beginning of a cooling of world climate lasting several years 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).
1615 BC: Shu-Ninua became the King of Assyria.
1601 BC: Sharma-Adad II became the King of Assyria.
c. 1600 BC: Egypt: End of Fourteenth Dynasty.
c. 1600 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): Venus tablet of Ammisaduqa.
c. 1600 BC: The end of the Indus Valley civilization.
c. 1600 BC: The overthrow of the ruling Amorite dynasty in Aleppo, Syria.
c. 1600 BC: The date of the earliest discovered rubber balls.
c. 1600 BC: Egypt conquered by Asian tribes known as the Hyksos—see History of ancient Israel and Judah.
c. 1600 BC: Early Mycenaen culture: weapons, Cyclopaean walls and chariots.
c. 1600 BC: Jie of Xia is overthrown by Tang of Shang in the Battle of Mingtiao
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 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 Shem, 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

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

1709–1700 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
1609–1600 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

Millennium	Century
BCE (BC)
4th	40th	39th	38th	37th	36th	35th	34th	33rd	32nd	31st
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
CE (AD)
1st	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
2nd	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th
3rd	21st	22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	28th	29th	30th
4th	31st	32nd	33rd	34th	35th	36th	37th	38th	39th	40th

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.