1700 p.e.v.

The last known population of woolly mammoth, preserved on Wrangel Island, becomes extinct.
Oannes traps and destroys his former servitor, Vephar, the demon prince of the Oceans
== Africa ==
=== Sovereign Political Entities ===
* Egypt
* Hyksos
* Punt
== Asia ==
Indus Valley civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture.
Belu-bani became the king of Assyria.
Lila-Ir-Tash started to rule the Elamite Empire.
Bronze Age starts in China.
=== Sovereign Political Entities ===
* Amorites
* Armi
* Aramea
* Arzawa
* Assyria
* Babylonia
* Byblos
* Dilmun
* Elam
* Eshnuna
* Gojoseon
* Hitti
* Indus Valley
* Kussara
* Lukka
* Lullubi
* Luvia
* Magan
* Mari
* Namar
* Purushanda
* Qiang
* Sea Peoples
* Sumeria
* Ugarit
* Upper Mesopotamia
* Văn Lang
* Xia
* Xu
== Europe ==
Minoan Old Palace period ends and Minoan Second Palace period starts in Greece.
Beginning of the Late Minoan period on Crete.
Young girl gathering saffron crocus flowers, detail of wall painting, Room 3 of House Xeste 3, Akrotiri, Thera, is made.
Aegean metalworkers are producing decorative objects rivaling those of Near East jewelers, whose techniques they seem to borrow.
=== Sovereign Political Entities ===
* Illyria
* Minoa
* Pelasgia
== North America ==
=== Sovereign Political Entities ===
* Chorrera
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Category:2nd millennium prior era vulgaris
Category:17th century prior era vulgaris
Category:1690s prior era vulgaris