18th century BC

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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 periodization system devised by Oscar Montelius.
1800 BC - 1300 BC - Troy flourishes.
c. 1800 BC - Hyksos start to settle in the Nile Delta. They had the capital at Avaris in northeastern Nile Delta.
c. 1792 - 1750 BC; Babylonia.
c. 1792 - 1750 BC; Stela of Hammurabi, from Susa (modern Shush, Iran) is made. It is now in Musee du Louvre, Paris.
1787 - 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.[1]
1766 BC - Shang conquest of Xia Dynasty. China .
1764 - 1750 BC - Wars of Hammurabi.
1757 BC - Mari sacks 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 - Investiture of Zimrilim, fascimile of a wall painting from the palace at Mari (modern Tell Hariri, Iraq) is made. It is now in Musee du Louvre, Paris.
1749 - 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).

1764 BC - Peleg, son of Eber, (b. 2003 BC) according to the Hebrew Calendar
1763 BC - Nahor, son of Serug, (b. 1911 BC) according to the Hebrew Calendar
1753 BC - Noah (b. 2704 BC) according to the Hebrew Calendar.
1750 BC - Hammurabi (middle chronology)
1734 BC - Reu, son of Peleg, (b. 1973 BC) according to the Hebrew Calendar
1711 BC - Serug, son of Reu, (b. 1941 BC) according to the Hebrew Calendar

c. 1700 BC - Median date for the building of the Phaistos Disc (see Phaistos Disc#Dating). Its purpose and meaning, and even its original geographical place of manufacture remains unknown, making it one of the most famous mysteries of archaeology.

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