17th century BC

Millennium: 2nd millennium BC
Centuries:
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 17th century BC was a century which lasted from 1700 BC to 1601 BC.

Nebra sky disk, central Europe 1600 BC. The inlaid gold depicted the crescent moon and the Pleiades star cluster in a specific arrangement forming the earliest known depiction of celestial phenomena.

Events

Satellite image of Thera, centre location of the Minoan eruption, one possible source of 17th century BC climatic disturbances

Significant persons

Deaths

Extinctions

Sovereign States

See: List of sovereign states in the 17th century BC.

Decades and years

References

  1. LaMarche, Valmore C. Jr.; Hirschboeck, Katherine K. (1984). "Frost rings in trees as records of major volcanic eruptions". Nature. 307 (5947): 121–126. doi:10.1038/307121a0.
  2. Baillie, M. G. L.; Munro, M. A. R. (1988). "Irish tree rings, Santorini and volcanic dust veils". Nature. 332 (6162): 344–346. doi:10.1038/332344a0.
  3. Vogel, J. S.; et al. (1990). "Vesuvius/Avellino, one possible source of seventeenth century BC climatic disturbances". Nature. 344 (6266): 534–537. doi:10.1038/344534a0.
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