1600 BCE
c. 1600 BC – 1200 BC—Tiryns, Ancient Greece, is inhabited. c. 1600 BC—Nebra skydisk created in what is now Germany. c. 1600 BC—Hittites establish capital at Hattusa (near modern Boğazkale, Turkey).
Geopolitics & Diplomacy
- 1600 BC—Shang dynasty instituted in China.source
Conflict & Security
- c. 1600 BC—Cycladic civilization ends.source
Exploration & Expansion
- 1600 BC—Tumulus culture started.source
- c. 1600 BC—The foundations of the Olmec civilization in southern Mexico.source
- c. 1600 BC – 1200 BC—Tiryns, Ancient Greece, is inhabited.source
- c. 1600 BC—Kings and princes on the mainland Greece have begun building large aboveground burial places commonly referred to as beehive tombs because of their rounded, conical shape.source
- c. 1600 BC—Hittites establish capital at Hattusa (near modern Boğazkale, Turkey).source
Science & Discovery
- c. 1600 BC—Nebra skydisk created in what is now Germany.source