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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.

  • c. 1700 BC – The last woolly mammoth goes extinct on Wrangel Island.

  • c. 1700 BC – The city of Knossos on Crete is destroyed by fire.

  • c. 1700 BC – Aegean metalworkers begin producing crafts that rival those of the ancient Near East, whose techniques they seem to borrow.

  • c. 1700 BC – The Indus Valley civilization comes to an end and the Cemetery H culture begins.

  • c. 1700 BC – Lila-Ir-Tash starts ruling the Elamite Empire.

  • c. 1700 BC – Bronze Age starts in China.

  • c. 1700 BC – The Oxus civilization ends in today's Central Asia.

  • Jie of Xia, last ruler of the Xia dynasty, begins ruling around 1706 BC

  • Lila-Ir-Tash, king of the Elamite Empire

  • Rim-Sin I, king of the city-state of Larsa

  • Hammurabi, king of Babylon (according to the short chronology)

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