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1640s BC 1630s BC 1620s BC 1610s BC - 1600s BC - 1590s BC 1580s BC 1570s BC 1560s BC 1550s BC

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The creation of one of the oldest surviving astronomical documents, a copy of which was found in the (which the early Babylonians called Nindaranna).

The end of the Indus Valley Civilization .

The overthrow of the ruling Amorite dynasty in Aleppo , Syria .

The date of the earliest discovered Rubber balls.

Egypt conquered by Asia n tribes known as the Hyksos - see History Of Ancient Israel And Judah .

1600 BC - Shang Dynasty instituted in China .

1600 BC - Tumulus Culture started.

c. 1600 BC - Nebra Skydisk created.

Around 1600 BCE -- The foundations of the Olmec civilization in Southern Mexico

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