Editing 18th century BC

{{Short description|One hundred years, from 1800 BC to 1701 BC}}
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The '''18th century BC''' was the [[century]] that lasted from 1800 BC to 1701 BC.

==Events==
[[Image:CodexOfHammurabi.jpg|thumb|An inscription of the [[Code of Hammurabi]], one of the earliest known sets of laws]]

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*1800 BC: Beginning of the [[Nordic Bronze Age]] in the period system devised by [[Oscar Montelius]].
* {{Circa|1800 BC}}: Sedentary [[Maya civilization|Mayan]] communities in [[Mesoamerica]]
* {{Circa|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#Table of layers|Troy VI]] flourishes.
*{{Circa|1792 BC}} – 1750 BC: ([[middle chronology]]) – [[Hammurabi]] rules [[Babylonia]] and has to deal with [[Mari, Syria|Mari]], which he conquers late in his career.
*{{Circa|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 of Egypt|Twelfth Dynasty]], start of [[Thirteenth dynasty of Egypt|Thirteenth Dynasty]], start of [[Fourteenth dynasty of Egypt|Fourteenth Dynasty]].
*1779 BC: [[Zimrilim]], the King of [[Mari, Syria|Mari]], starts to rule.
*1770 BC: [[Babylon]], capital of [[Babylonia]] becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from [[Thebes, Egypt|Thebes]], capital of [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=M. A.|first=Geography|last2=B. A.|first2=Geography|title=What Were the Largest Cities Throughout History?|url=https://www.thoughtco.com/largest-cities-throughout-history-4068071|access-date=2021-05-01|website=ThoughtCo|language=en}}</ref>
*1766 BC: [[Shang dynasty|Shang]] conquest of the [[Xia dynasty]]. [[China]].
*1764 BC – 1750 BC: Wars of [[Hammurabi]].
*1757 BC: [[Mari, Syria|Mari]] sacked by [[Hammurabi]]. [[Zimrilim]]'s [[Royal palace of Mari|palace]] is destroyed.
*1757 BC: [[Zimrilim]], the King of [[Mari, Syria|Mari]], dies.
*1750 BC: [[Hyksos]] occupation of [[Northern Egypt]].
*1750 BC: A colossal volcanic eruption at [[Mount Veniaminof]], [[Alaska]].
*{{Circa|1750 BC}}: [[Vedic period]] starts in [[India]].
*{{Circa|1750 BC}}: [[Investiture of Zimrilim]] ([[Zimrilim]], King of [[Mari, Syria|Mari]], before the Goddess [[Ishtar]]), facsimile of a wall painting on mud plaster from the [[Royal palace of Mari|Zimrilim palace]] at [[Mari, Syria|Mari]] (modern [[Tell Hariri]], [[Syria]]), Court 106, is made. It is now in [[Musée du Louvre]], [[Paris]].
*{{Circa|1740 BC|1720 BC}}: reigns of pharaoh [[Neferhotep I]] and his brother [[Sobekhotep IV]], marking the apex of the [[Ancient Egypt|Egyptian]] [[Thirteenth Dynasty of Egypt|13th Dynasty]].
*1749 BC – 1712 BC: [[Mesopotamia]]n Rebellions.
*Early [[Unetice culture]], beginning of the [[Bronze Age]] in [[Central Europe]].
*[[Minoan civilization]]: phase II of the Middle period (MM II).
*{{Circa|[[1700 BC]]}}: The last species of [[mammoth]] became extinct on [[Wrangel Island]].
*{{Circa|1700 BC}}: [[Indus Valley civilization]] comes to an end but is continued by the [[Cemetery H culture]]
*{{Circa|1700 BC}}: [[Minoan civilization|Minoan]] Old Palace period ends and Minoan Second Palace (Neopalatial) period starts in [[Crete]].
*{{Circa|1700 BC}}: [[Aegean civilization|Aegean]] metalworkers are producing decorative objects rivaling those of [[Ancient Near East]] jewelers, whose techniques they seem to borrow.
*{{Circa|1700 BC}}: [[Lila-Ir-Tash]] started to rule the [[Elamite Empire]].
*{{Circa|1700 BC}}: [[Bronze Age]] starts in [[China]].
*{{Circa|1700 BC}}: [[Shang dynasty]] starts in [[China]].

==Deaths==

{{Circa|1750 BC}}: [[Hammurabi]] ([[middle chronology]])

1764 BC: Yarim Lim 1 The Great King of [[Yamhad]]

==Inventions, discoveries, introductions==
*{{Circa|1700 BC}}: Median date for the building of the [[Phaistos Disc#Dating|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==
{{See|List of sovereign states in the 18th century BC}}

==References==
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