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Available in 71 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-71" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">71 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-af mw-list-item"><a href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/16de_eeu_v.C." title="16de eeu v.C. – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="16de eeu v.C." data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%B1%D9%86_16_%D9%82_%D9%85" title="القرن 16 ق م – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="القرن 16 ق م" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sieglu_XVI_e.C." title="Sieglu XVI e.C. – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Sieglu XVI e.C." data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.%C9%99._XVI_%C9%99sr" title="E.ə. XVI əsr – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="E.ə. XVI əsr" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abad_ka-16_SM" title="Abad ka-16 SM – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Abad ka-16 SM" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/XVI_%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B5_%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D0%BD.%D1%8D." title="XVI стагоддзе да н.э. – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="XVI стагоддзе да н.э." data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BA_%D0%BF%D1%80.%D0%BD.%D0%B5." title="16 век пр.н.е. – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="16 век пр.н.е." data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/16._vijek_p._n._e." title="16. vijek p. n. e. – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="16. vijek p. n. e." data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segle_XVI_aC" title="Segle XVI aC – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Segle XVI aC" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/16._stolet%C3%AD_p%C5%99._n._l." title="16. století př. n. l. – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="16. století př. n. l." data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/16._Jahrhundert_v._Chr." title="16. Jahrhundert v. Chr. – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="16. Jahrhundert v. Chr." data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/16._sajand_eKr" title="16. sajand eKr – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="16. sajand eKr" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/16%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%B1%CE%B9%CF%8E%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%82_%CF%80.%CE%A7." title="16ος αιώνας π.Χ. – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="16ος αιώνας π.Χ." data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siglo_XVI_a._C." title="Siglo XVI a. C. – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Siglo XVI a. C." data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/16-a_jarcento_a.K." title="16-a jarcento a.K. – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="16-a jarcento a.K." data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/K.a._XVI._mendea" title="K.a. XVI. mendea – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="K.a. XVI. mendea" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AF%D9%87_%DB%B1%DB%B6_(%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B4_%D8%A7%D8%B2_%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AF)" title="سده ۱۶ (پیش از میلاد) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="سده ۱۶ (پیش از میلاد)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/16._%C3%B8ld_f.Kr." title="16. øld f.Kr. – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="16. øld f.Kr." data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/XVIe_si%C3%A8cle_av._J.-C." title="XVIe siècle av. J.-C. – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="XVIe siècle av. J.-C." data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/16e_iuw_f.Kr." title="16e iuw f.Kr. – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="16e iuw f.Kr." data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/16%C3%BA_haois_RC" title="16ú haois RC – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="16ú haois RC" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/16mh_linn_RC" title="16mh linn RC – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="16mh linn RC" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9culo_-XVI" title="Século -XVI – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Século -XVI" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B8%B0%EC%9B%90%EC%A0%84_16%EC%84%B8%EA%B8%B0" title="기원전 16세기 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="기원전 16세기" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84.%D5%A9.%D5%A1._16-%D6%80%D5%A4_%D5%A4%D5%A1%D6%80" title="Մ.թ.ա. 16-րդ դար – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Մ.թ.ա. 16-րդ դար" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/16._stolje%C4%87e_pr._Kr." title="16. stoljeće pr. Kr. – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="16. stoljeće pr. Kr." data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/16ma_yarcento_aK" title="16ma yarcento aK – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="16ma yarcento aK" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abad_ke-16_SM" title="Abad ke-16 SM – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Abad ke-16 SM" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/16._%C3%B6ldin_f.Kr." title="16. öldin f.Kr. – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="16. öldin f.Kr." data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/XVI_secolo_a.C." title="XVI secolo a.C. – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="XVI secolo a.C." data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%94_%D7%94-16_%D7%9C%D7%A4%D7%A0%D7%94%22%D7%A1" title="המאה ה-16 לפנה"ס – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="המאה ה-16 לפנה"ס" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%AB%E1%83%95._%E1%83%AC._XVI_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%A3%E1%83%99%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94" title="ძვ. წ. XVI საუკუნე – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ძვ. წ. XVI საუკუნე" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karne_ya_16_KK" title="Karne ya 16 KK – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Karne ya 16 KK" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/16._gadsimts_p.m.%C4%93." title="16. gadsimts p.m.ē. – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="16. gadsimts p.m.ē." data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/16._Joerhonnert_v._Chr." title="16. Joerhonnert v. Chr. – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="16. Joerhonnert v. Chr." data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/XVI_am%C5%BEius_pr._m._e." title="XVI amžius pr. m. e. – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="XVI amžius pr. m. e." data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%A8stiende_iew_veur_Christus" title="Zèstiende iew veur Christus – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Zèstiende iew veur Christus" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lfn mw-list-item"><a href="https://lfn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentenio_16_aec" title="Sentenio 16 aec – Lingua Franca Nova" lang="lfn" hreflang="lfn" data-title="Sentenio 16 aec" data-language-autonym="Lingua Franca Nova" data-language-local-name="Lingua Franca Nova" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingua Franca Nova</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/I._e._16._sz%C3%A1zad" title="I. e. 16. század – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="I. e. 16. század" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BA_%D0%BF.%D0%BD.%D0%B5." title="16 век п.н.е. – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="16 век п.н.е." data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%AF%E1%83%95._%E1%83%AC._XVI_%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A8%E1%83%AC%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90" title="ჯვ. წ. XVI ოშწანურა – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ჯვ. წ. XVI ოშწანურა" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%B1%D9%86_16_%D9%82_%D9%85" title="القرن 16 ق م – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="القرن 16 ق م" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abad_ke-16_SM" title="Abad ke-16 SM – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Abad ke-16 SM" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/16e_eeuw_v.Chr." title="16e eeuw v.Chr. – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="16e eeuw v.Chr." data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B4%80%E5%85%83%E5%89%8D16%E4%B8%96%E7%B4%80" title="紀元前16世紀 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="紀元前16世紀" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/16._%C3%A5rhundre_f.Kr." title="16. århundre f.Kr. – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="16. århundre f.Kr." data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/1500-talet_fvt." title="1500-talet fvt. – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="1500-talet fvt." data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A8gle_XVI_abC" title="Sègle XVI abC – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Sègle XVI abC" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mil._av._XVI_asr" title="Mil. av. XVI asr – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Mil. av. XVI asr" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/XVI_wiek_p.n.e." title="XVI wiek p.n.e. – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="XVI wiek p.n.e." data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9culo_XVI_a.C." title="Século XVI a.C. – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Século XVI a.C." data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secolul_al_XVI-lea_%C3%AE.Hr." title="Secolul al XVI-lea î.Hr. – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Secolul al XVI-lea î.Hr." data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_%C3%B1iqin_pachakwata_k%C3%B1" title="16 ñiqin pachakwata kñ – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="16 ñiqin pachakwata kñ" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/XVI_%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BA_%D0%B4%D0%BE_%D0%BD._%D1%8D." title="XVI век до н. э. – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="XVI век до н. э." data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a 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href="/wiki/Mask_of_Agamemnon" title="Mask of Agamemnon">Mask of Agamemnon</a>' (right) found in one of the graves.</div></div></div></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1700_BC" class="mw-redirect" title="1700 BC">1700 BC</a> – <a href="/wiki/1500_BC" class="mw-redirect" title="1500 BC">1500 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Hurrians" title="Hurrians">Hurrian</a> conquests.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1600_BC" class="mw-redirect" title="1600 BC">1601 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Sharma-Adad_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Sharma-Adad II">Sharma-Adad II</a> became the <a href="/wiki/King_of_Assyria" class="mw-redirect" title="King of Assyria">King of Assyria</a>.</li> <li>c. <a href="/wiki/1600_BC" class="mw-redirect" title="1600 BC">1600 BC</a>: The creation of one of the oldest surviving astronomical documents, a copy of which was found in the <a href="/wiki/Babylonia" title="Babylonia">Babylonian</a> library of <a href="/wiki/Ashurbanipal" title="Ashurbanipal">Ashurbanipal</a>: a 21-year record of the appearances of <a href="/wiki/Venus" title="Venus">Venus</a> (which the early Babylonians called Nindaranna): <a href="/wiki/Venus_tablet_of_Ammisaduqa" title="Venus tablet of Ammisaduqa">Venus tablet of Ammisaduqa</a>.</li> <li>c. <a href="/wiki/1600_BC" class="mw-redirect" title="1600 BC">1600 BC</a>: The date of the earliest discovered <a href="/wiki/Rubber" class="mw-redirect" title="Rubber">rubber</a> balls.</li> <li>c. <a href="/wiki/1600_BC" class="mw-redirect" title="1600 BC">1600 BC</a>: Early <a href="/wiki/Mycenae" title="Mycenae">Mycenaean</a> culture: weapons, Cyclopean walls, and chariots.</li> <li>c. <a href="/wiki/1600_BC" class="mw-redirect" title="1600 BC">1600 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Unetice_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Unetice culture">Unetice culture</a> ends in <a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Europe" title="Eastern Europe">eastern Europe</a></li> <li>Development of the <a href="/wiki/Windmill" title="Windmill">windmill</a> in <a href="/wiki/Persia" class="mw-redirect" title="Persia">Persia</a>.</li> <li>c. <a href="/wiki/1600_BC" class="mw-redirect" title="1600 BC">1600 BC</a>: Building of <a href="/wiki/El_morro_del_tulc%C3%A1n" class="mw-redirect" title="El morro del tulcán">El morro del tulcán</a> <a href="/wiki/Pyramid" title="Pyramid">Pyramid</a> in <a href="/wiki/Colombia" title="Colombia">Colombia</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1595_BC" class="mw-redirect" title="1595 BC">1595 BC</a>: Sack of <a href="/wiki/Babylon" title="Babylon">Babylon</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Hittites" title="Hittites">Hittite</a> king <a href="/wiki/Mursilis_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Mursilis I">Mursilis I</a>.</li> <li>c. <a href="/wiki/1595_BC" class="mw-redirect" title="1595 BC">1595 BC</a>: The overthrow of the ruling <a href="/wiki/Amorite" class="mw-redirect" title="Amorite">Amorite</a> dynasty in <a href="/wiki/Aleppo" title="Aleppo">Aleppo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1570_BC" class="mw-redirect" title="1570 BC">1570 BC</a>: Cretan palaces at <a href="/wiki/Knossos" title="Knossos">Knossos</a> and other centres flourish despite disasters.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1567_BC" class="mw-redirect" title="1567 BC">1567 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a>: End of <a href="/wiki/Fifteenth_dynasty_of_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="Fifteenth dynasty of Egypt">Fifteenth Dynasty</a>, end of <a href="/wiki/Sixteenth_dynasty_of_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="Sixteenth dynasty of Egypt">Sixteenth Dynasty</a>, end of <a href="/wiki/Seventeenth_dynasty_of_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="Seventeenth dynasty of Egypt">Seventeenth Dynasty</a>, start of <a href="/wiki/Eighteenth_dynasty_of_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt">Eighteenth Dynasty</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1558_BC" class="mw-redirect" title="1558 BC">1558 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Shang_dynasty" title="Shang dynasty">Shang dynasty</a> of China established (according to the <a href="/wiki/Bamboo_Annals" title="Bamboo Annals">Bamboo Annals</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1556_BC" class="mw-redirect" title="1556 BC">1556 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Cecrops_I" title="Cecrops I">Cecrops I</a> builds or rebuilds <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a> following the great flood of <a href="/wiki/Deucalion" title="Deucalion">Deucalion</a> and the end of the <a href="/wiki/Golden_age" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden age">Golden age</a>. He becomes the first of several <a href="/wiki/Kings_of_Athens" class="mw-redirect" title="Kings of Athens">Kings of Athens</a> whose life account is considered part of <a href="/wiki/Greek_mythology" title="Greek mythology">Greek mythology</a>.</li> <li>c. 1550 BC: The city of <a href="/wiki/Mycenae" title="Mycenae">Mycenae</a>, located in the northeast <a href="/wiki/Peloponnesus" class="mw-redirect" title="Peloponnesus">Peloponnesus</a>, comes to dominate the rest of <a href="/wiki/Achaea" title="Achaea">Achaea</a>, giving its name to <a href="/wiki/Mycenaean_Greece" title="Mycenaean Greece">Mycenaean</a> civilization.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1550_BC" class="mw-redirect" title="1550 BC">1550 BC</a>: End of <a href="/wiki/Seventeenth_dynasty_of_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="Seventeenth dynasty of Egypt">Seventeenth dynasty of Egypt</a>, start of the <a href="/wiki/Eighteenth_dynasty_of_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt">Eighteenth Dynasty</a> upon the coronation of <a href="/wiki/Ahmose_I" title="Ahmose I">Ahmose I</a> (Low Chronology).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1530_BC" class="mw-redirect" title="1530 BC">1530 BC</a>: End of the <a href="/wiki/First_Dynasty_of_Babylon" class="mw-redirect" title="First Dynasty of Babylon">First Dynasty of Babylon</a> and the start of the <a href="/wiki/Kassites" title="Kassites">Kassite dynasty</a>—see <a href="/wiki/History_of_Iraq" title="History of Iraq">History of Iraq</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1525_BC" class="mw-redirect" title="1525 BC">1525 BC</a>: End of <a href="/wiki/Fifteenth_Dynasty_of_Egypt" title="Fifteenth Dynasty of Egypt">Fifteenth Dynasty of Egypt</a>.</li> <li>c. 1512 BC: The <a href="/wiki/Flood" title="Flood">flood</a> of <a href="/wiki/Deucalion" title="Deucalion">Deucalion</a>, according to <a href="/wiki/O%27Flaherty" class="mw-redirect" title="O'Flaherty">O'Flaherty</a>, <a href="/wiki/Augustine_of_Hippo" title="Augustine of Hippo">Augustine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eusebius" title="Eusebius">Eusebius</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Isidore" title="Isidore">Isidore</a> (bishop of Seville).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1506_BC" class="mw-redirect" title="1506 BC">1506 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Cecrops_I" title="Cecrops I">Cecrops I</a>, legendary <a href="/wiki/King_of_Athens" class="mw-redirect" title="King of Athens">King of Athens</a>, dies after a reign of 50 years. Having survived his own son, he is succeeded by <a href="/wiki/Cranaus" title="Cranaus">Cranaus</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1504_BC" class="mw-redirect" title="1504 BC">1504 BC</a>: <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a> started to conquer <a href="/wiki/Nubia" title="Nubia">Nubia</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Levant" title="Levant">Levant</a>.</li> <li>c. 1500 BC: Many scholars date early parts of the <a href="/wiki/Rig_Veda" class="mw-redirect" title="Rig Veda">Rig Veda</a> to roughly the 16th century.</li> <li>c. 1500 BC: Queen <a href="/wiki/Hatsheput" class="mw-redirect" title="Hatsheput">Hatsheput</a> in <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eighteenth_Dynasty_of_Egypt" title="Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt">18th Dynasty</a>).</li> <li>c. 1500 BC: The element <a href="/wiki/Mercury_(element)" title="Mercury (element)">Mercury</a> has been discovered in <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egyptian</a> tombs dating from this decade.</li> <li>c. 1500 BC: Settlers from <a href="/wiki/Crete" title="Crete">Crete</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a> move to <a href="/wiki/Miletus" title="Miletus">Miletus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a>.</li> <li>c. 1500 BC: Early traces of <a href="/wiki/Maya_civilization" title="Maya civilization">Maya civilization</a> developing in <a href="/wiki/Belize" title="Belize">Belize</a>.</li> <li>c. 1500 BC: The <a href="/wiki/Phoenicia" title="Phoenicia">Phoenicians</a> develop an <a href="/wiki/Alphabet" title="Alphabet">alphabet</a>—see <a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_communication_technology" class="mw-redirect" title="Timeline of communication technology">Timeline of communication technology</a>.</li> <li>c. 1500 BC: <a href="/wiki/Indo-Aryan_migration" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Aryan migration">Indo-Aryan migration</a> is often dated to the 17th to 16th centuries.</li> <li>c. 1500 BC: Birth of <a href="/wiki/Zoroaster" title="Zoroaster">Zoroaster</a> (<a href="/wiki/Avestan" title="Avestan">Avestan</a>: <i>Zarathushtra</i>).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sovereign_states">Sovereign states</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=16th_century_BC&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Sovereign states"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>See: <a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_in_the_16th_century_BC" class="mw-redirect" title="List of sovereign states in the 16th century BC">List of sovereign states in the 16th century BC</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=16th_century_BC&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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