(18th century BC - 17th century BC - 16th century BC - other centuries) (19th century BC - 18th century BC - 17th century BC - other centuries) (3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC) // Events 1787 - 1784 BC -- Amorite conquests of Uruk and Isin 1786 BC -- Egypt: End of Twelfth Dynasty, start of Thirteenth Dynasty, start of Fourteenth Dynasty 1766 BC -- Shang conquest of... (17th century BC - 16th century BC - 15th century BC - other centuries) (1600s BC - 1590s BC - 1580s BC - 1570s BC - 1560s BC - 1550s BC - 1540s BC - 1530s BC - 1520s BC - 1510s BC - 1500s BC - other decades) (3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC) Events 1700 - 1500 BC -- Hurrian conquests... These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. ...

(1690s BC - 1680s BC - 1670s BC - 1660s BC - 1650s BC - 1640s BC - 1630s BC - 1620s BC - 1610s BC - 1600s BC - 1590s BC - other decades) Centuries: 18th century BC - 17th century BC - 15th century BC Decades: 1690s BC - 1680s BC 1670s BC 1660s BC 1650s BC 1640s BC Events and trends Lila-Ir-Tash rules the Elamite Empire (c. ... Centuries: 18th century BC - 17th century BC - 15th century BC Decades: 1690s BC - 1680s BC - 1670s BC 1660s BC 1650s BC 1640s BC 1630s BC Events and trends Egypt: Start of Sixteenth Dynasty Significant people Death of Heremon of Irish legend (1684 BC) Categories: 1680s BC ... Centuries: 18th century BC - 17th century BC - 15th century BC Decades: 1690s BC 1680s BC - 1670s BC - 1660s BC 1650s BC 1640s BC 1630s BC 1620s BC Events and trends Egypt: Start of Fifteenth Dynasty Significant people Categories: 1670s BC ... Centuries: 18th century BC - 17th century BC - 15th century BC Decades: 1690s BC 1680s BC 1670s BC - 1660s BC - 1650s BC 1640s BC 1630s BC 1620s BC 1610s BC Events and trends Significant people Categories: 1660s BC ... Centuries: 18th century BC - 17th century BC - 15th century BC Decades: 1690s BC 1680s BC 1670s BC 1660s BC - 1650s BC - 1640s BC 1630s BC 1620s BC 1610s BC 1600s BC Events and trends Egypt: Start of Seventeenth Dynasty Significant people Categories: 1650s BC ... Centuries: 18th century BC - 17th century BC - 15th century BC Decades: 1690s BC 1680s BC 1670s BC 1660s BC 1650s BC - 1640s BC - 1630s BC 1620s BC 1610s BC 1600s BC 1590s BC Events and trends Santorini, Aegean Sea erupts. ... Centuries: 18th century BC - 17th century BC - 15th century BC Decades: 1680s BC 1670s BC 1660s BC 1650s BC 1640s BC - 1630s BC - 1620s BC 1610s BC 1600s BC 1590s BC 1580s BC Events and trends Egypt: End of Thirteenth Dynasty Significant people Categories: 1630s BC ... Centuries: 18th century BC - 17th century BC - 15th century BC Decades: 1670s BC 1660s BC 1650s BC 1640s BC 1630s BC - 1620s BC - 1610s BC 1600s BC 1590s BC 1580s BC 1570s BC Events and trends Significant people Categories: 1620s BC ... Centuries: 18th century BC - 17th century BC - 15th century BC Decades: 1660s BC 1650s BC 1640s BC 1630s BC 1620s BC - 1610s BC - 1600s BC 1590s BC 1580s BC 1570s BC 1560s BC Events and trends Significant people Categories: 1610s BC ... Centuries: 18th century BC - 17th century BC - 16th century BC Decades: 1650s BC 1640s BC 1630s BC 1620s BC 1610s BC - 1600s BC - 1590s BC 1580s BC 1570s BC 1560s BC 1550s BC Events and trends Egypt: End of Fourteenth Dynasty The creation of one of the oldest surviving astronomical... Centuries: 17th century BC - 16th century BC - 15th century BC Decades: 1640s BC 1630s BC 1620s BC 1610s BC 1600s BC - 1590s BC - 1580s BC 1570s BC 1560s BC 1550s BC 1540s BC Events and trends 1595 BC - Mursilis I, king of the Hittites, sacks Babylon. ... This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ...

(3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC) (4th millennium BC – 3rd millennium BC – 2nd millennium BC – other millennia) Events Syria: Foundation of the city of Mari (29th century BC ) Iraq: Creation of the Kingdom of Elam Germination of the Bristlecone pine tree Methuselah about 2700 BC, the oldest known tree still living now Dynasty of Lagash in... (3rd millennium BC – 2nd millennium BC – 1st millennium BC – other millennia) // Events Second dynasty of Babylon First Bantu migrations from west Africa The Cushites drive the original inhabitants from Ethiopia, and establish trade relations with Egypt. ... (2nd millennium BC – 1st millennium BC – 1st millennium – other millennia) Events The Iron Age began in Western Europe Egypt declined as a major power The Tanakh was written Buddhism was founded Cyrus the Great conquered Babylon and created the Persian Empire (6th century BC) Sparta and Athens fought the Peloponnesian...

Events

• 1700 - 1500 BC -- Hurrian conquests
• 1633 BC -- End of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth dynasties of Egypt, start of the Fifteenth dynasty
• 1628 BC -- Estimated date of the volcanic eruption on Thera which possibly affected the fate of Minoan civilization.
• Unetice culture

The Hurrians were a people of the Ancient Near East, who lived in northern Mesopotamia and areas to the immediate east and west, beginning approximately 2500 BC. They probably originated in the Caucasus and entered from the north, but this is not certain. ... Unlike as explained as being chaos and disorder by later texts, the Thriteenth dynasty wasnt as bad as once thought. ... Categories: Articles to be expanded ... The Fifteenth dynasty of Egypt was the first Hyksos dynasty, ruling from Itjtawy, without control of the entire land. ... A volcano is a geological landform (usually a mountain) where magma (rock of the Earths interior made molten or liquid by extremely high temperatures along with a reduction in pressure and/or the introduction of water or other volatiles) erupts through the surface of the planet. ... View from the top of Thira Santorini is a small, circular group of volcanic islands located in the Aegean Sea, 75 km south-east of the Greek mainland, (latitude: 35. ... Map of Minoan Crete The Minoans were a pre-Hellenic Bronze Age civilization in Crete in the Aegean Sea, prior to Helladic or Mycenaean culture (i. ... Unetice, or more properly Únětice, culture, (German: Aunjetitz) is the name given to an early Bronze Age culture, preceded by the Beaker culture and followed by the Tumulus culture. ...

Significant persons

• Hammurabi, died 1686 BC short chronology.

This diorite head is believed to represent king HammurabiHammurabi (also transliterated Hammu-rapi or Khammurabi) was the sixth king of Babylon. ... The Chronology of the Ancient Orient deals with the notoriously difficult task of assigning years of the Common Era to various events, rulers and dynasties of the 3rd and 2nd millennia BC. The chronology of this region is based on five sets of primary materials. ...

Inventions, discoveries, introductions