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1700s BC (decade)
The 1700s BC was a decade lasting from January 1, 1709 BC to December 31, 1700 BC.
The 1700s BC was a decade lasting from January 1, 1709 BC to December 31, 1700 BC.
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c. 1700 BC – The last woolly mammoth goes extinct on Wrangel Island.
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c. 1700 BC – The city of Knossos on Crete is destroyed by fire.
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c. 1700 BC – Aegean metalworkers begin producing crafts that rival those of the ancient Near East, whose techniques they seem to borrow.
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c. 1700 BC – The Indus Valley civilization comes to an end and the Cemetery H culture begins.
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c. 1700 BC – Lila-Ir-Tash starts ruling the Elamite Empire.
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c. 1700 BC – Bronze Age starts in China.
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c. 1700 BC – The Oxus civilization ends in today's Central Asia.
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Jie of Xia, last ruler of the Xia dynasty, begins ruling around 1706 BC
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Lila-Ir-Tash, king of the Elamite Empire
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Rim-Sin I, king of the city-state of Larsa
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Hammurabi, king of Babylon (according to the short chronology)
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