1700s BC (decade)

Decade

Millennium
2nd millennium BC
Centuries
19th century BC 18th century BC 17th century BC
Decades
1720s BC 1710s BC 1700s BC 1690s BC 1680s BC
Years
1709 BC 1708 BC 1707 BC 1706 BC 1705 BC 1704 BC 1703 BC 1702 BC 1701 BC 1700 BC
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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 – The last woolly mammoth goes extinct on Wrangel Island.
c. 1700 BC – The city of Knossos on Crete is destroyed by fire.^[1]
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.
c. 1700 BC – Meteor explosion produces Middle Ghor Event: Catastrophic Termination of a Bronze Age Civilization