1700 BCE
c. 1700 BC: Minoan Old Palace period ends and Minoan Second Palace period starts in Crete. c. 1700 BC: Indus Valley Civilisation comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture. c. 1700 BC: beginning of the Late Minoan period on Crete.
Geopolitics & Diplomacy
- c. 1700 BC: Lila-Ir-Tash started to rule the Elamite Empire.source
- c. 1700 BC: Minoan Old Palace period ends and Minoan Second Palace period starts in Crete.source
- c. 1700 BC: Bronze Age starts in China.source
- c. 1700 BC: beginning of the Late Minoan period on Crete.source
- 1700 BC: Belu-bani became the King of Assyria.source
Crime & Justice
- c. 1700 BC: 1450 BC: Young girl gathering saffron crocus flowers, detail of wall painting, Room 3 of House Xeste 3, Akrotiri (prehistoric city), Thera, is made. Second Palace period. It is now kept in Thera Foundation, Petros M. Nomikos, Greece.source
- c. 1700 BC: Aegean metalworkers are producing decorative objects rivaling those of Ancient Near East jewelers, whose techniques they seem to borrow.source
Climate & Environment
- c. 1700 BC: Indus Valley Civilisation comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture.source