Chronyas has 50 events dated to the 16th century BCE (1,600 BCE to 1,501 BCE), during the Ancient civilizations. Below are the most notable ones, in date order.
Most of the events in this century belong to Art, literature & culture and Wars, politics & history.
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- from c. 1,600 BCE to 1,046 BCEShang dynasty
- from c. 1,600 BCE to 400 BCENuragic civilization
- from c. 1,600 BCE to 1,200 BCESrubnaya culture
- from c. 1,600 BCE to 1,100 BCEDeverel-Rimbury culture
- from c. 1,600 BCE to 1,100 BCEMycenaean Greece
- from c. 1,600 BCE to 1,000 BCESögel-Wohlde culture
- from c. 1,600 BCE to 500 BCEGandhara grave culture
- c. 1,600 BCEBattle of Mingtiao
- from c. 1,598 BCE to 1,586 BCEErishum III becomes King of Assyria
- from c. 1,595 BCE to 1,155 BCEKassite dynasty
- c. 1,590 BCEDeath of Mursili I
- c. 1,587 BCEDeath of Tang
- from c. 1,585 BCE to 1,580 BCEShamshi-Adad II becomes King of Assyria
- c. 1,582 BCENebiriau II becomes Pharaoh
- from c. 1,580 BCE to 1,550 BCESeventeenth Dynasty of Egypt
- c. 1,574 BCEBirth of Ahmose-Henuttamehu
- c. 1,562 BCEBirth of Ahmose-Nefertari
- c. 1,562 BCEDeath of Tai Wu
- c. 1,560 BCEBirth of Ahhotep I
- c. 1,560 BCEDeath of Hantili I
- c. 1,560 BCEBirth of Ahmose I
- c. 1,560 BCEBirth of Nubkheperre Intef
- c. 1,554 BCEDeath of Seqenenre Tao
- c. 1,550 BCEMask of Agamemnon
- from c. 1,550 BCE to 1,292 BCEEighteenth Dynasty of Egypt
- from c. 1,550 BCE to 1,070 BCEEgyptian Empire
- c. 1,550 BCEEruption of Hayes
- c. 1,549 BCEDeath of Kamose
- from c. 1,545 BCE to 1,520 BCEAhmose I becomes Pharaoh
- c. 1,540 BCEDeath of Apepi
- c. 1,539 BCEConstruction of Noah’s Mausoleum
- c. 1,535 BCEDeath of He Dan Jia
- c. 1,534 BCEDeath of Wai Ren
- from c. 1,531 BCE to 1,155 BCEKassites
- c. 1,530 BCEDeath of Ahhotep I
- c. 1,530 BCEBirth of Shuttarna I
- c. 1,530 BCEDeath of Ammuna
- c. 1,527 BCEBirth of Amenhotep I
- c. 1,525 BCEBirth of Mutnofret
- c. 1,525 BCEBirth of Ahmose-Meritamun
- c. 1,525 BCEDeath of Ahmose I
- c. 1,510 BCEBirth of Thutmose II
- c. 1,510 BCEDeath of Shuttarna I
- c. 1,507 BCEBirth of Hatshepsut
- c. 1,507 BCEDeath of Zu Yi
- c. 1,506 BCEEgyptian Invasion of Kerma
- c. 1,506 BCEDeath of Amenhotep I
- c. 1,505 BCEBirth of Ahmose
- c. 1,504 BCEDeath of Ahmose-Meritamun
- from c. 1,503 BCE to 1,479 BCEPuzur-Ashur III becomes King of Assyria