1700s BC (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

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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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