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{{Short description|One hundred years, from 1700 BC to 1601 BC}}
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The '''17th century BC''' was the [[century]] that lasted from 1700 BC to 1601 BC.
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[[File:Nebra Scheibe.jpg|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.]]
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==Overview==
 
 
==Events==
[[Image:Santorini ASTER.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Satellite image of Thera, centre location of the [[Minoan eruption]], one possible source of 17th century BC climatic disturbances ]]
* 1700 – [[1500 BC]] -- [[Hurrians|Hurrian]] conquests.
*c. [[1700 BC]] -: [[Belu-baniIndus Valley civilisation]] becamecomes to an end but is continued by the [[KingCemetery ofH Assyriaculture]].
* c. [[1700 BC]] -: [[LilaBelu-Ir-Tashbani]] started to rulebecame the [[ElamiteKing of EmpireAssyria]].
*c. 1700 BC: [[Minoan civilization|Minoan]] Old Palace period ends and Minoan Second Palace period starts in [[Ancient Greece]].
* c. [[1698 BC]] - [[Lila-Ir-Tash]] the ruler of the [[Elamite Empire]] died. [[Temti-Agun I]] started to rule the [[Elamite Empire]].▼
*c. 1700 BC: beginning of the Late [[Minoan civilization|Minoan]] period on [[Crete]].
* [[1691 BC]] - [[Belu-bani]], the [[King of Assyria]] died.▼
*c. 1700 BC: [[Aegean civilization|Aegean]] metalworkers are producing decorative objects rivaling those of [[Ancient Near East]] jewelers, whose techniques they seem to borrow.
* c. [[1690 BC]] - [[Temti-Agun I]], the ruler of the [[Elamite Empire]], died. [[Tan-Uli]] started to rule the [[Elamite Empire]].▼
*c. [[16901700 BC]]: Lila-Ir-Tash [[Libaia]]started becameto rule the [[King ofElamite AssyriaEmpire]].
*c. 1700 BC: [[1450 BC]]: Young girl gathering saffron crocus flowers, detail of wall painting, Room 3 of House Xeste 3, [[Akrotiri (prehistoric city)]], [[Santorini|Thera]], is made. Second Palace period. It is now kept in Thera Foundation, Petros M. Nomikos, [[Greece]].
* [[1680s BC]] - [[Egypt]]: Start of [[Sixteenth Dynasty]].
*c. [[1680s1700 BC]] -: [[EgyptBronze Age]]: Developmentstarts of leavenedin [[breadChina]] (date approximate).
▲* c. [[1698 BC]]: - [[Lila-Ir-Tash]] the ruler of the [[Elamite Empire]] died. [[Temti-Agun I]] started to rule the [[Elamite Empire]].
* [[1670s BC]] - [[Egypt]]: Start of [[Fifteenth Dynasty]].
* [[1650s1691 BC]] -: [[EgyptBelu-bani]]:, Start ofthe [[SeventeenthKing Dynastyof Assyria]] died.
* c. [[16551690 BC]]: Temti-Agun [[Tan-Uli]]I, the ruler of the [[Elamite Empire]], died. Tan-Uli started to rule the [[Elamite Empire]].
▲* [[16911690 BC]]: -Libaia [[Belu-bani]],became the [[King of Assyria]] died.
* [[1645 BC]] - [[Santorini]], in the [[Aegean Sea]], erupts, contributing to the demise of [[Minoan civilization]] (the date is suggested by [[1990s]] Greenland [[ice coring]].
*c. [[1680 BC]]: [[Egypt]]: Development of leavened [[bread]] in(date Egyptapproximate).▼
* [[1633 BC]] -- End of the [[Thirteenth dynasty of Egypt|Thirteenth]] and [[Fourteenth dynasty of Egypt|Fourteenth dynasties of Egypt]], start of the [[Fifteenth dynasty of Egypt|Fifteenth dynasty]].
*c. [[1670 BC|1673 BC]]: [[Sharma-Adad I]] became the [[King of Assyria]].
* [[1628 BC]] -- Estimated date of the [[Volcano|volcanic eruption]] on [[Thera]] which possibly affected the fate of [[Minoan civilization]].
*c. [[1600s1660 BC|1661 BC]] -: [[EgyptIptar-Sin]]: Endbecame ofthe [[Fourteenth dynastyKing of Egypt|Fourteenth DynastyAssyria]].
▲* c. [[16901655 BC]]: Tan- [[Temti-Agun I]]Uli, the ruler of the [[Elamite Empire]], died. [[Tan-Uli]] started to rule the [[Elamite Empire]].
* [[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 (planet)|Venus]] (which the early Babylonians called Nindaranna).
*c. [[1600s1650 BC]]: - The endCollapse of the [[IndusFourteenth ValleyDynasty of Egypt|14th Dynasty of civilizationEgypt]].
*c. [[1650 BC]]: Conquest of [[Memphis, Egypt|Memphis]] by the [[Hyksos]] and collapse of the [[Thirteenth Dynasty of Egypt|13th Dynasty of Egypt]].
* [[1600s BC]] - The overthrow of the ruling [[Amorite]] dynasty in [[Aleppo]], [[Syria]].
*c. [[1650 BC]]: Start of the [[Fifteenth Dynasty of Egypt|15th]] (Hyksos) and [[Sixteenth Dynasty of Egypt|16th]] Dynasties of Egypt.
* [[1600s BC]] - The date of the earliest discovered [[rubber]] balls.
*c. [[1650 BC]]: Possibly, start of the [[Abydos Dynasty]] in Upper Egypt.
* [[1600s BC]] - [[Egypt]] conquered by [[Asia]]n tribes known as the [[Hyksos]] - see [[History of ancient Israel and Judah]].
*c. [[1646 BC]] or earlier: [[Jie of Xia]] is overthrown by [[Tang of Shang]] (ca. 1675-1646 BC) in the [[Battle of Mingtiao]].
*[[Unetice culture]]
*[[1640 BC|1649 BC]]: Bazaia became the [[King of Assyria]].
▲*Development of leavened [[bread]] in Egypt.
* 1633 BC – May 2 – [[Lunar eclipse|Lunar]] [[Saros cycle|Saros]] 34 begins.<ref>{{Cite web|title=NASA - Catalog of Lunar Eclipses in Saros 34|url=https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEsaros/LEsaros034.html|access-date=2021-05-01|website=eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov}}</ref>
*[[1627 BC]]: Beginning of a cooling of world climate lasting several years recorded in [[growth ring|tree-rings]] all over the world.<ref>{{cite journal|author1=LaMarche, Valmore C. Jr. |author2=Hirschboeck, Katherine K.|year=1984|title=Frost rings in trees as records of major volcanic eruptions|journal=[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]|volume=307|pages=121–126|doi=10.1038/307121a0|issue=5947|bibcode=1984Natur.307..121L |s2cid=4370382 }}</ref> It may have been caused by one, or more, volcanic eruptions e.g. the [[Minoan eruption]] of [[Santorini|Thera]],<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Baillie, M. G. L. |author2=Munro, M. A. R.|year=1988|title=Irish tree rings, Santorini and volcanic dust veils|journal=Nature|volume=332|pages=344–346|doi= 10.1038/332344a0|issue=6162|bibcode=1988Natur.332..344B |s2cid=4286911 }}</ref> the [[Avellino eruption]] of [[Mount Vesuvius]],<ref>{{cite journal|author =Vogel, J. S.|year=1990|title=Vesuvius/Avellino, one possible source of seventeenth century BC climatic disturbances|journal=Nature|volume=344|pages=534–537|doi=10.1038/344534a0|issue=6266|bibcode=1990Natur.344..534V |s2cid=4368499 |display-authors=etal}}</ref> and/or the eruption of [[Mount Aniakchak]] in [[Alaska]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=McAneney |first1=Jonny |last2=Baillie |first2=Mike | year=2019 | title=Absolute tree-ring dates for the Late Bronze Age eruptions of Aniakchak and Thera in light of a proposed revision of ice-core chronologies |journal=Antiquity |volume=93 | issue=367| doi=10.15184/aqy.2018.165 |pages=99–112 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
*[[1620 BC|1625 BC]]: [[Samsu-Ditana]] becomes King of [[Babylon]] ([[middle chronology]]).
*[[1620 BC|1621 BC]]: Lullaia becomes the [[King of Assyria]].
*[[1620 BC]]: [[Mursili I]] becomes King of the [[Hittite Empire]] ([[middle chronology]]).
*[[1610 BC|1615 BC]]: [[Shu-Ninua]] became the [[King of Assyria]].
*c. [[1600 BC]]: [[Tang of Shang]] established the [[Shang dynasty]].
 
==Deaths==
==Significant persons==
* [[Hammurabi1684 BC]], died– [[1686 BCHeremon]], [[shortIrish chronologylegend]].
* [[1684 BC]] - Death of [[Heremon]], [[Irish legend]].
* [[Jie (ruler)|Jie]] , The last ruler of [[Xia Dynasty]], ruled China for 52 years until [[1600 BC]] according to the [[Xia Shang Zhou Chronology Project]].
 
==Extinctions==
==Inventions, discoveries, introductions==
* The last known population of [[woolly mammoth]], preserved on [[Wrangel Island]], becomes extinct.<ref name="stuart2002">{{cite journal|doi=10.1016/S0277-3791(02)00026-4|title=The latest woolly mammoths (Mammuthus primigenius Blumenbach) in Europe and Asia: A review of the current evidence|journal=Quaternary Science Reviews|volume=21|issue=14–15|pages=1559|year=2002|last1=Stuart|first1=Anthony J|last2=Sulerzhitsky|first2=Leopold D|last3=Orlova|first3=Lyobov A|last4=Kuzmin|first4=Yaroslav V|last5=Lister|first5=Adrian M|bibcode=2002QSRv...21.1559S |url=http://doc.rero.ch/record/13491/files/PAL_E271.pdf }}</ref>
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==Sovereign states==
{{DecadesAndYearsBC|17|16|15}}
See: [[List of sovereign states in the 17th century BC]].
 
==References==
[[Category:17th century BC]]▼
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{{Decades and years}}
[[ca:Segle XVII aC]]
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[[nl:17e eeuw v. Chr.]]
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[[pl:XVII wiek p.n.e.]]
[[fi:1600-luku eaa]]
[[tt:MA 17. yöz]]
[[zh:前17世纪]]
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