- The Xia Dynasty of China ended and the Shang dynasty began.
- Emergence of historical China along the Yellow River Valley.
- Middle Bronze Age ended and the Late Bronze Age began.
- The Dilmun Civilization ended.
- The Hittites invented iron forged weapons and many siege tactics
- End of theFourteenth Dynasty in Egypt.
- The earliest known perfumes were created.
- The Hittites raided down the Euphrates, destroying Babylon.
- Chaldean astronomers identify the zodiac.
1600 BC
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