1620s BC

Events and trends

  • 1627 BC—Beginning of a period of cooling of the world climate lasting several years, recorded in tree-rings all over the world. It might have been caused by the Minoan eruption of Thera which occurred in 1627, or the Avellino eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
  • 1625 BCSamsu-Ditana becomes King of Babylon (middle chronology).
  • 1621 BC—Lullaia becomes the King of Assyria.
  • 1620 BCMursili I becomes King of the Hittite Empire (middle chronology).
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