1690s BC

Millennium:	2nd millennium BC
Centuries:	18th century BC – 17th century BC – 16th century BC
Decades:	1720s BC 1710s BC 1700s BC – 1690s BC – 1680s BC 1670s BC 1660s BC
Years:	1699 BC 1698 BC 1697 BC 1696 BC 1695 BC 1694 BC 1693 BC 1692 BC 1691 BC 1690 BC
Categories:	Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments

Events and trends

The Minoan and Harappan Civilizations continue to exist in Crete and Ancient India respectively.
1700–1500 BC—Hurrian conquests.
Second Intermediate Period, in which the Hyksos invade Egypt, continues.
1698 BC- King Jie of China kills his minister Guan Longfeng according to Chinese legend.
The Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt, according to Thrasyllus of Mendes, an Egyptian mathematician and astronomer who lived in the reign of Tiberius (c. 1691 BC).
1691 BC June—Lunar Saros 32 begins.[1]

Belu-bani, King of Assyria, r. 1700–1691 BC.
Libaia, King of Assyria r. 1691–1674 BC.
Abi-eshuh, King of Babylon, r. 1712–1684 (middle chronology)
Jie, Legendary King of the supposed Xia dynasty (existence disputed) in China, r. c.1728–1675 BC
Merneferre Ay, Pharaoh of Egypt, r. c.1714–1691 BC
Merhotepre Ini, Pharaoh of Egypt, r. c.1691–1689 BC
Fourteenth dynasty Pharaohs (see List of Pharaohs for details), 1705–1690 BC
Lila-Ir-Tash king of the Elamite Empire, r. c.1700–c.1698 BC.
Temti-Agun I king of the Elamite Empire, r. c.1698–c.1690 BC.
Tan-Uli king of the Elamite Empire, r. c.1690–c.1655 BC.
Agum I, King of the Kassites, r. 1705–1690 BC^[1]
Kashtiliash I, King of the Kassites, r. 1690–1680 BC^[2]
Itti-Ili-Nibi, King of the Sealand, r. c.1700–1683 BC^[3]

Categories: 1690s BC | Decades | Proposed Decade for the Jewish Exodus from Egypt