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17th Century BC
The 17th century BC was a century that lasted from 1700 BC to 1601 BC. Events *c. 1700 BC: Indus Valley civilisation comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture. * 1700 BC: Belu-bani became the King of Assyria. *c. 1700 BC: Minoan Old Palace period ends and Minoan Second Palace period starts in Ancient Greece. *c. 1700 BC: beginning of the Late Minoan period on Crete. *c. 1700 BC: Aegean metalworkers are producing decorative objects rivaling those of Ancient Near East jewelers, whose techniques they seem to borrow. *c. 1700 BC: Lila-Ir-Tash started to rule the Elamite Empire. *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. *c. 1700 BC: Bronze Age starts in China. *c. 1698 BC: Lila-Ir-Tash the ruler of the Elamite Empire died. Temti-Agun I started to rule the El ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Century
A century is a period of 100 years. Centuries are numbered ordinally in English and many other languages. The word ''century'' comes from the Latin ''centum'', meaning ''one hundred''. ''Century'' is sometimes abbreviated as c. A centennial or centenary is a hundredth anniversary, or a celebration of this, typically the remembrance of an event which took place a hundred years earlier. Start and end of centuries Although a century can mean any arbitrary period of 100 years, there are two viewpoints on the nature of standard centuries. One is based on strict construction, while the other is based on popular perception. According to the strict construction, the 1st century AD began with AD 1 and ended with AD 100, the 2nd century spanning the years 101 to 200, with the same pattern continuing onward. In this model, the ''n''-th century starts with the year that ends with "01", and ends with the year that ends with "00"; for example, the 20th century comprises the years 1901 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the northeast. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of the mainland, the Ionian Sea to the west, and the Sea of Crete and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Greece has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean Basin, featuring thousands of islands. The country consists of nine traditional geographic regions, and has a population of approximately 10.4 million. Athens is the nation's capital and largest city, followed by Thessaloniki and Patras. Greece is considered the cradle of Western civilization, being the birthplace of democracy, Western philosophy, Western literature, historiography, political science, major scientific and mathematical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1655 BC
The 1650s BC was a decade lasting from January 1, 1659 BC to December 31, 1650 BC. Events and trends * c. 1655 BC— Tan-Uli, the ruler of the Elamite Empire, dies. * c. 1650 BC—Greeks start to live in Mycenae. * c. 1650 BC— Middle Kingdom ends in Ancient Egypt (other date is 1674 BC). * c. 1650 BC—Second Intermediate Period starts in Ancient Egypt (other date is 1674 BC). * c. 1650 BC – "Flotilla" fresco, from Room 5 of West House, Akrotiri (prehistoric city), Thera, is made. Second Palace period. It is now kept in National Archaeological Museum, Athens. * Egypt—Start of Seventeenth Dynasty. * c. 1650 BC—Between Rapperswil and Hurden, on the so-called Seedamm, a first wooden bridge was constructed on Lake Zürich in Switzerland * c. 1650 BC—The last Woolly mammoths die on Wrangel Island, rendering the species extinct. * c. 1650 BC— The Rhind Mathematical Papyrus is produced.Jan Gullberg, C13 Trigonometry, ''Maths from Birth of Numbers,'' W. W. Norton in 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iptar-Sin
Iptar-Sin or IB.TAR.SînmIB.TAR-d30. (reading uncertain), was the 51st Assyrian king according to the ''Assyrian King List''.''Ḫorsābād King List'' ii 18. He reigned for 12 years some time during the 17th century BC. Biography The ''Assyrian King List'' provides a sequence of five kings with short reigns purported to be father-son successions, leading Landsberger to suggest that Libaya, Sharma-Adad I and Iptar-Sin may have been brothers of Belu-bani rather than his descendants. The list reports Iptar-Sin as the son of Sharma-Adad I. He is omitted from the list on another fragment.KAV 14. He is called LIK.KUD''-Šamaš'' on the ''Synchronistic King List''''Synchronistic King List'' A.117, Assur 14616c, i 5. which gives his Babylonian counterpart as mDIŠ+U-EN (reading unknown), an unidentified person inserted between the reigns of Gulkišar and his son Pešgaldarameš of the Sealand Dynasty The First Sealand dynasty, (URU.KÙKIWhere ŠEŠ-ḪA of King List A and ŠEŠ-KÙ-KI ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1660 BC
The 1660s BC was a decade lasting from January 1, 1669 BC to December 31, 1660 BC. Events and trends * 1662 BC—May 22— Lunar Saros 33 begins. Significant people * 1661 BC: Iptar-Sin became the King of Assyria. * 1664 BC: Death of Arpachshad, son of Shem, son of Noah, according to the Hebrew calendar. * 1664 BC: Gravitational interactions with Saturn result in the centaur Chiron In Greek mythology, Chiron ( ; also Cheiron or Kheiron; ) was held to be the superlative centaur amongst his brethren since he was called the "wisest and justest of all the centaurs". Biography Chiron was notable throughout Greek mythology ... being forced into a different orbit. References {{BC-year-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharma-Adad I
The king of Assyria (Akkadian: ''Išši'ak Aššur'', later ''šar māt Aššur'') was the ruler of the ancient Mesopotamian kingdom of Assyria, which was founded in the late 21st century BC and fell in the late 7th century BC. For much of its early history, Assyria was little more than a city-state, centered on the city Assur, but from the 14th century BC onwards, Assyria rose under a series of warrior kings to become one of the major political powers of the Ancient Near East, and in its last few centuries it dominated the region as the largest empire the world had seen thus far. Ancient Assyrian history is typically divided into the Old, Middle and Neo-Assyrian periods, all marked by ages of ascendancy and decline. The ancient Assyrians did not believe that their king was divine himself, but saw their ruler as the vicar of their principal deity, Ashur, and as his chief representative on Earth. In their worldview, Assyria represented a place of order while lands not governed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1670 BC
The 1670s BC was a decade lasting from January 1, 1679 BC to December 31, 1670 BC. Events and trends * c. 1674 BC—End of Middle Kingdom in Ancient Egypt. Start of the Second intermediate period, the 15th–17th Dynasties. * Egypt—Start of the Fifteenth Dynasty. * 1674 BC—Hyksos invade Egypt. Significant people * 1677 BC—Death of Terah, father of Abraham, according to the Hebrew Calendar * 1675 BC—Death of Niqmi-Epuh, Great King of Yamhad, according to the Middle chronology The chronology of the ancient Near East is a framework of dates for various events, rulers and dynasties. Historical inscriptions and texts customarily record events in terms of a succession of officials or rulers: "in the year X of king Y". Com ... References {{BC-year-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bread
Bread is a staple food prepared from a dough of flour (usually wheat) and water, usually by baking. Throughout recorded history and around the world, it has been an important part of many cultures' diet. It is one of the oldest human-made foods, having been of significance since the dawn of agriculture, and plays an essential role in both religious rituals and secular culture. Bread may be leavened by naturally occurring microbes (e.g. sourdough), chemicals (e.g. baking soda), industrially produced yeast, or high-pressure aeration, which creates the gas bubbles that fluff up bread. In many countries, commercial bread often contains additives to improve flavor, texture, color, shelf life, nutrition, and ease of production. History Bread is one of the oldest prepared foods. Evidence from 30,000 years ago in Europe and Australia revealed starch residue on rocks used for pounding plants. It is possible that during this time, starch extract from the roots of plants, such as c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning the North Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northern coast of Egypt, the north, the Gaza Strip of State of Palestine, Palestine and Israel to Egypt–Israel barrier, the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to Egypt–Sudan border, the south, and Libya to Egypt–Libya border, the west. The Gulf of Aqaba in the northeast separates Egypt from Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Cairo is the capital and list of cities and towns in Egypt, largest city of Egypt, while Alexandria, the second-largest city, is an important industrial and tourist hub at the Northern coast of Egypt, Mediterranean coast. At approximately 100 million inhabitants, Egypt is the List of countries and dependencies by population, 14th-most populat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1680 BC
The 1680s BC was a decade lasting from January 1, 1689 BC to December 31, 1680 BC. Events and trends * Egypt—Start of the Sixteenth Dynasty. * Egypt—Development of leavened bread (date approximate). Significant people * 1686 BC—Death of Hammurabi (short chronology) * 1684 BC—Death of Érimón, Irish Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ... legend References {{BC-year-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1690 BC
The 1690s BC was a decade lasting from January 1, 1699 BC to December 31, 1690 BC. Events and trends *The Minoan and Harappan Civilizations continue to exist in Crete and Ancient India respectively. *1700–1500 BC—Hurrian conquests. *Second Intermediate Period, in which the Hyksos invades Egypt, continues. *1698 BC- King Jie of China kills his minister Guan Longfeng according to Chinese legend. *The Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt, according to Thrasyllus of Mendes, an Egyptian mathematician and astronomer who lived in the reign of Tiberius (c. 1691 BC). *1691 BC June— Lunar Saros 32 begins. Significant people * Belu-bani, King of Assyria, r. 1700– 1691 BC. * Libaia, King of Assyria r. 1691–1674 BC. *Abi-eshuh, King of Babylon, r. 1712–1684 (middle chronology) * Jie, Legendary King of the supposed Xia dynasty (existence disputed) in China, r. c.1728–1675 BC *Merneferre Ay, Pharaoh of Egypt, r. c.1714–1691 BC * Merhotepre Ini, Pharaoh of Egypt, r. c.1691–1689 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1691 BC
The 1690s BC was a decade lasting from January 1, 1699 BC to December 31, 1690 BC. Events and trends *The Minoan and Harappan Civilizations continue to exist in Crete and Ancient India respectively. *1700–1500 BC—Hurrian conquests. *Second Intermediate Period, in which the Hyksos invades Egypt, continues. *1698 BC- King Jie of China kills his minister Guan Longfeng according to Chinese legend. *The Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt, according to Thrasyllus of Mendes, an Egyptian mathematician and astronomer who lived in the reign of Tiberius (c. 1691 BC). *1691 BC June— Lunar Saros 32 begins. Significant people * Belu-bani, King of Assyria, r. 1700– 1691 BC. * Libaia, King of Assyria r. 1691–1674 BC. *Abi-eshuh, King of Babylon, r. 1712–1684 (middle chronology) * Jie, Legendary King of the supposed Xia dynasty (existence disputed) in China, r. c.1728–1675 BC *Merneferre Ay, Pharaoh of Egypt, r. c.1714–1691 BC *Merhotepre Ini, Pharaoh of Egypt, r. c.1691–1689 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
