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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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==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]]: -[[Indus TheValley lastcivilisation]] speciescomes ofto [[mammoth]]an becameend extinctbut onis continued by the [[WrangelCemetery H Islandculture]].
* [[1700 BC]] -: [[Belu-bani]] became the [[King of Assyria]].
* c. 1700 BC: -[[Minoan beginningcivilization|Minoan]] ofOld thePalace Lateperiod ends and [[Minoan]] Second Palace period onstarts in [[CreteAncient Greece]].
* c. [[1700 BC]]: beginning -of the Late [[Lila-Ir-TashMinoan civilization|Minoan]] startedperiod to rule theon [[Elamite EmpireCrete]].
*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. [[1698 BC]] - [[Lila-Ir-Tash]] the ruler of the [[Elamite Empire]] died. [[Temti-Agun I]] started to rule the [[Elamite Empire]].▼
*c. [[16911700 BC]]: Lila- [[BeluIr-bani]],Tash started to rule the [[KingElamite of AssyriaEmpire]] died.
*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]].
* c. [[1690 BC]] - [[Temti-Agun I]], the ruler of the [[Elamite Empire]], died. [[Tan-Uli]] started to rule the [[Elamite Empire]].▼
*c. [[16901700 BC]] -: [[LibaiaBronze Age]] becamestarts thein [[King of AssyriaChina]].
▲* c. [[1698 BC]]: - [[Lila-Ir-Tash]] the ruler of the [[Elamite Empire]] died. [[Temti-Agun I]] started to rule the [[Elamite Empire]].
* [[1680s BC]] - [[Egypt]]: Start of [[Sixteenth dynasty of Egypt|Sixteenth Dynasty]].
* [[1680s1691 BC]] -: [[EgyptBelu-bani]]:, Developmentthe [[King of leavened [[breadAssyria]] (date approximate)died.
▲* c. [[1690 BC]]: - [[Temti-Agun I]], the ruler of the [[Elamite Empire]], died. [[Tan-Uli]] started to rule the [[Elamite Empire]].
* [[1670s BC]] - [[Egypt]]: Start of [[Fifteenth dynasty of Egypt|Fifteenth Dynasty]].
* [[1670s BC|16731690 BC]]: - [[Sharma-Adad I]]Libaia became the [[King of Assyria]].
*c. [[1660s BC|16611680 BC]] -: [[Iptar-SinEgypt]]: becameDevelopment theof leavened [[Kingbread]] of(date Assyria]]approximate).
*c. [[1650s1670 BC|1673 BC]]: [[Sharma-Adad [[EgyptI]]: Startbecame ofthe [[Seventeenth dynastyKing of Egypt|Seventeenth DynastyAssyria]].
* c. [[16551660 BC|1661 BC]] -: [[TanIptar-UliSin]], the ruler ofbecame the [[ElamiteKing Empireof Assyria]], died.
*c. [[1640s BC|16491655 BC]]: Tan-Uli, [[Bazaia]]the becameruler of the [[KingElamite of AssyriaEmpire]], died.
*c. [[16331650 BC]]: -- EndCollapse of the [[Thirteenth dynasty of Egypt|Thirteenth]] and [[Fourteenth dynastyDynasty of Egypt|Fourteenth14th dynastiesDynasty of Egypt]], start of the [[Fifteenth dynasty of Egypt|Fifteenth dynasty]].
*c. [[1650 BC]]: Conquest of [[Memphis, Egypt|Memphis]] by the [[Hyksos]] and collapse of the [[Thirteenth Dynasty of Egypt|13th Dynasty of Egypt]].
* [[1627 BC]] – Beginn of a several years lasting cooling of world climate recorded in [[Growth ring|tree-rings]] all over the world.<ref>{{cite journal | author = LaMarche, Valmore C. Jr. & 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 }}</ref> It might have been caused by the [[Minoan eruption]] of [[Santorini|Thera]]<ref>{{cite journal | author = Baillie, M. G. L. & 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 }}</ref> or the [[Avellino eruption]] of [[Mount Vesuvius]].<ref>{{cite journal | author = Vogel, J. S. ''et al.'' | 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 }}</ref>▼
*c. [[1650 BC]]: Start of the [[Fifteenth Dynasty of Egypt|15th]] (Hyksos) and [[Sixteenth Dynasty of Egypt|16th]] Dynasties of Egypt.
*[[1620s BC|1625 BC]] - [[Samsu-Ditana]] becomes King of [[Babylon]] ([[middle chronology]]).▼
*c. [[1620s BC|16211650 BC]]: -Possibly, [[Lullaia]]start becomesof the [[KingAbydos of AssyriaDynasty]] in Upper Egypt.
*c. [[1620s BC|16201646 BC]] -or earlier: [[MursiliJie Iof Xia]] becomesis Kingoverthrown of theby [[HittiteTang Empireof Shang]] (ca. 1675-1646 BC) in the [[middleBattle chronologyof Mingtiao]]).
*[[1610s1640 BC|16151649 BC]]: - [[Shu-Ninua]]Bazaia became the [[King of Assyria]].
* 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>
*[[1600s BC|1601 BC]] - [[Sharma-Adad II]] became the [[King of Assyria]].
▲* [[1627 BC]]: – BeginnBeginning of a several years lasting cooling of world climate lasting several years recorded in [[Growthgrowth ring|tree-rings]] all over the world.<ref>{{cite journal | author 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 = 121-126 121–126| doi = 10.1038/307121a0|issue=5947|bibcode=1984Natur.307..121L |s2cid=4370382 }}</ref> It mightmay have been caused by one, or more, volcanic eruptions e.g. the [[Minoan eruption]] of [[Santorini|Thera]],<ref>{{cite journal | author 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 = 344-346 344–346| doi = 10.1038/332344a0|issue=6162|bibcode=1988Natur.332..344B |s2cid=4286911 }}</ref> or the [[Avellino eruption]] of [[Mount Vesuvius]].,<ref>{{cite journal | author = Vogel, J. S. ''et al.'' | 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 Nature|first1=Jonny |last2=Baillie volume |first2= 344Mike | pagesyear=2019 | title=Absolute 534tree-537ring dates for the Late Bronze Age eruptions of Aniakchak and Thera in light of a proposed revision of ice-core chronologies |journal=Antiquity doi|volume=93 | issue=367| doi=10.103815184/344534a0aqy.2018.165 |pages=99–112 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* [[1600s BC]] - [[Egypt]]: End of [[Fourteenth dynasty of Egypt|Fourteenth Dynasty]].
▲*[[1620s1620 BC|1625 BC]] -: [[Samsu-Ditana]] becomes King of [[Babylon]] ([[middle chronology]]).
* [[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).
* [[1600s1620 BC|1621 BC]]: -Lullaia The end ofbecomes the [[IndusKing Valleyof civilizationAssyria]].
* [[1600s1620 BC]]: -[[Mursili TheI]] overthrowbecomes King of the ruling [[AmoriteHittite Empire]] dynasty in ([[Aleppo]],middle [[Syriachronology]]).
* [[1600s1610 BC|1615 BC]]: [[Shu-Ninua]] The date ofbecame the earliest discovered [[rubberKing of Assyria]] balls.
*c. [[1600s1600 BC]] -: [[Egypt]]Tang conqueredof by [[AsiaShang]]n tribes known asestablished the [[Hyksos]] - see [[History of ancient Israel andShang Judahdynasty]].
*[[Unetice culture]]
*Development of leavened [[bread]] in [[Egypt]].
* Development of the [[windmill]] in [[Persia]].
 
==Significant persons==
* [[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]].
 
==Deaths==
* [[1684 BC]] -– [[Heremon]], [[Irish legend]].▼
* [[1690s BC|1695 BC]] - [[Sarah]], wife of Abraham, according to the Hebrew Calendar
* [[1686 BC]] - [[Hammurabi]] ([[short chronology]]).
▲* [[1684 BC]] - [[Heremon]], [[Irish legend]].
* [[1670s BC|1677 BC]] - [[Terah]], father of Abraham, according to the Hebrew Calendar.
* [[1660s BC|1664 BC]] - [[Arpachshad]], son of [[Ham, son of Noah]], according to the Hebrew Calendar.
* [[1637 BC]] - [[Abraham]] according to Jewish calculations. (2,123 years after [[Creation (theology)|biblical creation]])
* [[1630s BC|1634 BC]] - [[Shelah]], son of Arpachshad, according to the Hebrew Calendar
* [[1602 BC]] - [[Shem]], son of [[Noah]], according to the Hebrew Calendar
 
==Extinctions==
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* 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==
See: [[List of sovereign states in the 17th century BC]].
 
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