c.
1600 BC: The creation of one of the oldest surviving astronomical documents, a copy of which was found in the
Babylonian library of
Ashurbanipal: a 21-year record of the appearances of
Venus (which the early Babylonians called Nindaranna):
Venus tablet of Ammisaduqa.
c.
1600 BC: The date of the earliest discovered
rubber balls.
c.
1600 BC: Early
Mycenaean culture: weapons, Cyclopean walls, and chariots.
c. 1550 BC: The city of
Mycenae, located in the northeast
Peloponnesus, comes to dominate the rest of
Achaea, giving its name to
Mycenaean civilization.
c.
1600 BC: The creation of one of the oldest surviving astronomical documents, a copy of which was found in the
Babylonian library of
Ashurbanipal: a 21-year record of the appearances of
Venus (which the early Babylonians called Nindaranna):
Venus tablet of Ammisaduqa.
c.
1600 BC: The date of the earliest discovered
rubber balls.
c.
1600 BC: Early
Mycenaean culture: weapons, Cyclopean walls, and chariots.
c. 1550 BC: The city of
Mycenae, located in the northeast
Peloponnesus, comes to dominate the rest of
Achaea, giving its name to
Mycenaean civilization.