Century · 1700 BCE – 1601 BCE
The world in the 17th century BCE
From 1700 BCE to 1601 BCE the atlas holds 38 states standing at some time, 9 of them founded in it - Mitanni and Fifteenth Dynasty of Egypt the best known -. 1 wars, risings, treaties, discoveries and other events began - Minoan eruption the best known of the events; 40 people were born.
A century here is counted as Wikidata counts it, 1700 BCE to 1601 BCE, and holds every row that began in it, however coarsely dated.
What began in the 17th century BCE
By decade first - wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey - then by kind, the best known first.
Natural disasters 1
- Minoan eruption · disaster · 1601 BCE
States founded and fallen
Founded 9
- Mitanni · state · 1650 – 1260 BCE
- Fifteenth Dynasty of Egypt · state · 1650 – 1550 BCE
- Sixteenth Dynasty of Egypt · state · 1650 – 1580 BCE
- Arzawa · state · 1650 – 1301 BCE
- Abydos Dynasty · state · 1650 – 1600 BCE
- Wilusa · state · 1601 – 1301 BCE
- Qi (Henan) · state · 1601 – 445 BCE
- Brihadratha dynasty · state · 1700 – 682 BCE
- Kikata Kingdom · state · 1700 – 1300 BCE
Born in the 17th century BCE
The best known first, by how many Wikipedias write about them.
- Thutmose I · ruler · 1601 – 1493 BCE
- Kamose · statesperson · 1601 – 1549 BCE
- Apepi · statesperson · 1601 – 1540 BCE
- Tang of Shang · politician · 1675 – 1587 BCE
- Tetisheri · politician · 1601 – 1541 BCE
- Senakhtenre Ahmose · statesperson · 1604 – 1559 BCE
- Senenmut · architect · 1601 – 1463 BCE
- Sobekemsaf I · statesperson · 1651 – 1603 BCE
- Sekhemre-Wepmaat Intef · statesperson · 1601 BCE
- Sobekemsaf II · ruler · 1601 BCE
- Zhong Ding · ruler · 1601 BCE
- He Dan Jia · ruler · 1601 – 1535 BCE
- Sekhemre-Heruhirmaat Intef · statesperson · 1601 BCE
- Burnaburiash I · monarch · 1601 BCE
- Puzur-Ashur III · ruler · 1601 – 1501 BCE
- Wai Ren · ruler · 1601 – 1534 BCE
- Wo Jia · ruler · 1601 – 1466 BCE
- Zu Xin · ruler · 1601 – 1491 BCE
- Zu Yi · ruler · 1601 – 1507 BCE
- Sakir-Har · statesperson · 1601 BCE
- Enlil-nasir I · ruler · 1601 – 1501 BCE
- Agum III · ruler · 1601 – 1501 BCE
- Nur-ili · ruler · 1601 – 1501 BCE
- Semenre · statesperson · 1601 BCE
and 16 more in the atlas.
States of the 17th century BCE
Every state that stood at some time in the 17th century BCE, by region, the best known first.
Europe2 states
- Minoan civilization · 3300 – 1100 BCE
- Colchis · 1701 – 164 BCE
Middle East and North Africa26 states
- Ancient Egypt · 4001 – 30 BCE
- Babylon · 1894 BCE – 1 CE
- Troy · 3000 BCE – 500 CE
- Assyria · 2025 – 609 BCE
- Phoenicia · 2500 – 64 BCE
- Babylonia · 1901 – 539 BCE
- Elam · 2700 – 539 BCE
- Mitanni · 1650 – 1260 BCE
- Meroë · 2501 – 1501 BCE
- Ugarit · 6001 – 1191 BCE
- Kingdom of Kush · 2180 BCE – 350 CE
- Isin · 4001 – 1001 BCE
and 14 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.
Sub-Saharan Africa1 state
- Land of Punt · 2401 – 1069 BCE
East and Southeast Asia5 states
- Xia dynasty · 2070 – 1600 BCE
- Old Chosŏn · 2333 – 108 BCE
- Shu · 2001 – 316 BCE
- Tamna · 2337 BCE – 1404 CE
- Qi (Henan) · 1601 – 445 BCE
Americas and Oceania2 states
- Maya civilization · 2001 BCE – 1521 CE
- Zapotec civilization · 6701 BCE – 1201 CE
Location unknown2 states
- Brihadratha dynasty · 1700 – 682 BCE
- Kikata Kingdom · 1700 – 1300 BCE
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1701 BCE – 1601 BCE: every state, war and life of the 17th century BCE, region by region.
- On the map in 1651 BCE: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.
Wikidata (CC0) · data built 2026-10-07 · Pastlas v2.13.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.