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One hundred years, from 1800 BC to 1701 BC
The 18th century BC was the
century that lasted from 1800 BC to 1701 BC.
Events
An inscription of the
Code of Hammurabi , one of the earliest known sets of laws
1800 BC: Beginning of the
Nordic Bronze Age in the period system devised by
Oscar Montelius .
c. 1800 BC : Sedentary
Mayan communities in
Mesoamerica
c. 1800 BC :
Hyksos start to settle in the
Nile Delta . They had the capital at
Avaris in northeastern
Nile Delta .
1800 BC: Adichanallur urn-burial site in
Tirunelveli district in
Tamil Nadu . In 2004, a number of skeletons dating from around 3,800 years ago.
1800 BC: Beginning of the
Indo-Aryan migration
1800 BC – 1700 BC: Decline of the
Indus Valley civilisation
1800 BC –
1300 BC :
Troy VI flourishes.
c. 1792 BC – 1750 BC: (
middle chronology ) –
Hammurabi rules
Babylonia and has to deal with
Mari , which he conquers late in his career.
c. 1792 BC – 1750 BC: (
middle chronology ) –
Stela of Hammurabi , from
Susa (modern
Shush, Iran ) is made. It is now in
Musée du Louvre , Paris.
1787 BC – 1784 BC:
Amorite conquests of
Uruk and
Isin .
1786 BC:
Egypt : Queen
Sobekneferu dies. End of
Twelfth Dynasty , start of
Thirteenth Dynasty , start of
Fourteenth Dynasty .
1779 BC:
Zimrilim , the King of
Mari , starts to rule.
1770 BC:
Babylon , capital of
Babylonia becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from
Thebes , capital of
Egypt .
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1766 BC:
Shang conquest of the
Xia dynasty .
China .
1764 BC – 1750 BC: Wars of
Hammurabi .
1757 BC:
Mari sacked by
Hammurabi .
Zimrilim 's
palace is destroyed.
1757 BC:
Zimrilim , the King of
Mari , dies.
1750 BC:
Hyksos occupation of
Northern Egypt .
1750 BC: A colossal volcanic eruption at
Mount Veniaminof ,
Alaska .
c. 1750 BC :
Vedic period starts in
India .
c. 1750 BC :
Investiture of Zimrilim (
Zimrilim , King of
Mari , before the Goddess
Ishtar ), facsimile of a wall painting on mud plaster from the
Zimrilim palace at
Mari (modern
Tell Hariri ,
Syria ), Court 106, is made. It is now in
Musée du Louvre ,
Paris .
c. 1740 BC – c. 1720 BC : reigns of pharaoh
Neferhotep I and his brother
Sobekhotep IV , marking the apex of the
Egyptian
13th Dynasty .
1749 BC – 1712 BC:
Mesopotamian Rebellions.
Early
Unetice culture , beginning of the
Bronze Age in
Central Europe .
Minoan civilization : phase II of the Middle period (MM II).
c.
1700 BC : The last species of
mammoth became extinct on
Wrangel Island .
c. 1700 BC :
Indus Valley civilization comes to an end but is continued by the
Cemetery H culture
c. 1700 BC :
Minoan Old Palace period ends and Minoan Second Palace (Neopalatial) period starts in
Crete .
c. 1700 BC :
Aegean metalworkers are producing decorative objects rivaling those of
Ancient Near East jewelers, whose techniques they seem to borrow.
c. 1700 BC :
Lila-Ir-Tash started to rule the
Elamite Empire .
c. 1700 BC :
Bronze Age starts in
China .
c. 1700 BC :
Shang dynasty starts in
China .
Deaths
c. 1750 BC :
Hammurabi (
middle chronology )
1764 BC: Yarim Lim 1 The Great King of
Yamhad
Inventions, discoveries, introductions
c. 1700 BC : Median date for the building of the
Phaistos Disc . Its purpose and meaning, and even its original geographical place of manufacture remains unknown, making it one of the most famous mysteries of archaeology.
Sovereign states
References