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1700 BC (891 words) |
 | 1700 BC A Wisdom Archive on 1700 BC A selection of articles related to 1700 BC is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness. |
 | Indo-Aryan migration refers to the migration and expansion of the Indo-Aryans during the 2nd millennium BC or earlier. |
 | 1690 BC - Temti-Agun I, the ruler of the Elamite Empire, died. |
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Minoan Civilization - ninemsn Encarta (1280 words) |
 | 1700 bc) the first substantial palaces of the Bronze Age were built, on the site of the Neolithic settlements at Knossos and Phaistos, and became the focus of an increasingly urbanized way of life. |
 | 1700 bc, the palaces were reduced to ruins, apparently by earthquakes, but were immediately rebuilt, and it is to the subsequent Neopalatial period, (c. |
 | Economic influence seems to have shifted to the town of Khaniá, to which a number of vases were imported from Cyprus: it is possible that the town also became the centre of political power in Crete. |