Hittite Empire founded
1,650 BCE* · Event
Indo-European kingdom in Anatolia; rival of New Kingdom Egypt, masters of iron-working.
On these timelines: Master, Anatolia / Byzantium / Ottoman / Turkey, Mesopotamia & the Ancient Near East
Around 1650 BCE
- New Kingdom of Egypt (1550 BCE)
- Shang dynasty (1600 BCE)
- Olmec civilisation (1500 BCE)
- Abraham (1813 BCE)
- Code of Hammurabi (1754 BCE)
- Mycenaean civilisation rises (1600 BCE)
- Phoenician civilisation (1500 BCE)
- Indus Valley Civilisation ends (1900 BCE)
- Eruption of Thera (1600 BCE)
- Rigveda compiled (1500 BCE)