17th century BC
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium BC |
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| Centuries: | 18th century BC · 17th century BC · 16th century BC |
| Decades: | 1690s BC 1680s BC 1670s BC 1660s BC 1650s BC 1640s BC 1630s BC 1620s BC 1610s BC 1600s BC |
| Categories: | Births – Deaths Establishments – Disestablishments |
The seventeenth century BC was the time period from 1700 BC to 1601 BC.
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- 1700
- c. 1700 BC — The last species of mammoth became extinct on Wrangel Island.
- c. 1700 BC: Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture
- 1700 BC — Belu-bani became the King of Assyria.
- c. 1700 BC — beginning of the Late Minoan period on Crete
- c. 1700 BC — Lila-Ir-Tash started to rule the Elamite Empire.
- c. 1698 BC — Lila-Ir-Tash the ruler of the Elamite Empire died. Temti-Agun I started to rule the Elamite Empire.
- 1691 BC — Belu-bani, the King of Assyria died.
- c. 1690 BC — Temti-Agun I, the ruler of the Elamite Empire, died. Tan-Uli started to rule the Elamite Empire.
- 1690 BC — Libaia became the King of Assyria.
- 1680s BC — Egypt: Start of Sixteenth Dynasty.
- 1680s BC — Egypt: Development of leavened bread (date approximate).
- 1670s BC — Egypt: Start of Fifteenth Dynasty.
- 1673 BC — Sharma-Adad I became the King of Assyria.
- 1661 BC — Iptar-Sin became the <a href="/wiki/King_of_Assyria" class="mw-redirect" title="King of Assyri