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Event archaeological Europe

Hattusa

1600 BCE

Capital of the Hittite Empire in ancient…

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Landmark · Europe

Hattusa

1600 BCE – still standing

Capital of the Hittite Empire in ancient Anatolia

Standing in 1600 BCE

Records whose own span was running in this exact year.

Egypt Polity · Middle East 3000 BCE – 2026 CE Dravidians Polity · South Asia 3000 BCE – 700 BCE Austronesians Polity · Oceania 3000 BCE – 400 BCE Plitvice Lakes Landmark · Europe 3000 BCE – still standing Giant's Causeway Landmark · Europe 3000 BCE – still standing Danube Delta Landmark · Europe 3000 BCE – still standing

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1600 BCE Mycenae 1595 BCE Kassite Conquest of Babylon 1550 BCE Expulsion of the Hyksos 1550 BCE Mitanni–Hittite Rivalry 1539 BCE Valley of the Kings
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