Eruption of Thera
1,600 BCE* · Event
Volcanic eruption on Santorini around 1600 BCE; devastates the Minoan settlement at Akrotiri; possible origin of Atlantis legend.
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Around 1600 BCE
- New Kingdom of Egypt (1550 BCE)
- Shang dynasty (1600 BCE)
- Moses (1391 BCE)
- Olmec civilisation (1500 BCE)
- Code of Hammurabi (1754 BCE)
- Abraham (1813 BCE)
- Mycenaean civilisation rises (1600 BCE)
- Phoenician civilisation (1500 BCE)
- Rigveda compiled (1500 BCE)
- Hatshepsut (1507 BCE)