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CalendarHome.com - 17th century BC - Calendar Encyclopedia (394 words) |
 | 1690 BC - Temti-Agun I, the ruler of the Elamite Empire, 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. |
| 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 (which the early Babylonians called Nindaranna). |
| Santorini (597 words) |
| Archaeological evidence indicates that the (then) dome-shaped island was inhabited by the Minoans prior to 3200 BC when the Cretans invaded (but the Minoans were the Cretans of the time of the eruption); at this time it was known as Stroggili or Strongyle (meaning 'round'). |
| Probably somewhere between 1650 and 1645 BC[?] (controversy rages within professional archeology) the volcano in the centre of the island erupted violently, demolishing the centre portion of the island and creating a 100 to 150m high tidal wave that devastated the north coast of Crete, 70km (45 miles) away. |
| This disappearance of the centre of the island is regarded by many as the most likely source for the story of Atlantis, and it also explains the characteristic sheer cliffs that occur on the perimeter of the explosion zone on the remaining islands. |
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