17th century BC

The seventeenth century BC  was the time period from to.

Events

 * 1700
 * c. — The last species of  became extinct on.
 * c. : comes to an end but is continued by the
 * — became the.
 * c. 1700 BC — beginning of the Late period on
 * c. —  started to rule the.
 * c. —  the ruler of the  died.  started to rule the.
 * —, the died.
 * c. —, the ruler of the , died.  started to rule the.
 * — became the.
 * — : Start of.
 * — : Development of leavened (date approximate).
 * — : Start of.
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 * — : Start of.
 * c. —, the ruler of the , died.
 * — became the.
 * — End of the and, start of the.
 * – Beginn of a several years lasting cooling of world climate recorded in all over the world. It might have been caused by the  of  or the  of.
 * — becomes King of.
 * — becomes the.
 * — becomes King of the.
 * — became the.
 * — became the.
 * — : End of.
 * — The creation of one of the oldest surviving astronomical documents, a copy of which was found in the library of : a 21-year record of the appearances of  (which the early Babylonians called Nindaranna).
 * — The end of the.
 * — The overthrow of the ruling dynasty in,.
 * — The date of the earliest discovered balls.
 * — conquered by n tribes known as the  — see.
 * Development of leavened in.
 * Development of the in.
 * Development of the in.

Significant persons

 * , The last ruler of, ruled China for 52 years until according to the.

Deaths

 * —, wife of Abraham, according to the Hebrew Calendar
 * —, father of Abraham, according to the Hebrew Calendar
 * —, son of , according to the Hebrew Calendar
 * — according to Jewish calculations. (2,123 years after )
 * —, son of Arpachshad, according to the Hebrew Calendar
 * —, son of , according to the Hebrew Calendar
 * —, son of Arpachshad, according to the Hebrew Calendar
 * —, son of , according to the Hebrew Calendar