1700s BC (decade)
Decade
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The 1700s BC was a decade lasting from January 1, 1709 BC to December 31, 1700 BC.
Events and trends
- c. 1700 BC â The last woolly mammoth goes extinct on Wrangel Island.
- c. 1700 BC â The city of Knossos on Crete is destroyed by fire.[1]
- c. 1700 BC â Aegean metalworkers begin producing crafts that rival those of the ancient Near East, whose techniques they seem to borrow.
- c. 1700 BC â The Indus Valley civilization comes to an end and the Cemetery H culture begins.
- c. 1700 BC â Lila-Ir-Tash starts ruling the Elamite Empire.
- c. 1700 BC â Bronze Age starts in China.
- c. 1700 BC â The Oxus civilization ends in today's Central Asia.
Significant people
- 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)
