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General

Population: Perhaps 50 million*

Africa

• Egypt: Palestine peoples settle in Egypt (1640 BC)
  Semetic Hyksos dynasty (15th) rules lower Egypt (1640 BC)
  Egyptian empire extends to Euphrates incorporating Palestine, the Levant, and some of Syria (1600 BC)
  Chariot introduced into Egypt (1600 BC)
  Ahmosis I liberates Egypt from Hyksos (1600 BC)
• Kush: Foundation of the Nubian kingdom of Kush (1600 BC)

Asia

• China: Pictograph writing begins (1600 BC)
  End of the Xia Dynasty and start of the Shang Dynasty (1600 BC)

Europe

• Britain: Inner bluestone circle and horseshoe built at Stonehenge (1600 BC)
• Crete: Volcanic eruption at There disrupts Cretan life (1626 BC)
  Early writing of Minoans begins (1600 BC)
• Greece: Greek pictograph script develops among Minoans (1600 BC)
  Rich shaft grave burials in Mycenae (1500 BC)
  Eruption of Greek volcano of Santorini (1600 BC)
  Beginning of Mycenaean power in the Aegean (1600 BC)

Middle East

• Assyria: Start of middle Assyrian period (1600 BC)
• Mesopotamia: General: End of Akkadian rule
  Hittites make first iron works (1600 BC)
• Palestine: Proto-Caananite phonetic alphabet developed by the Levant people - Phoenicians (1600 BC)

Pacific

• General: Colonization of Pacific islands