18th century BC
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium BC |
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| Centuries: | 19th century BC · 18th century BC · 17th century BC |
| Decades: | 1790s BC 1780s BC 1770s BC 1760s BC 1750s BC 1740s BC 1730s BC 1720s BC 1710s BC 1700s BC |
| Categories: | Births – Deaths Establishments – Disestablishments |
The eighteenth century BC was the time period from 1800 BC to 1701 BC.
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- 1800 BC - Iron age in India [1]
- 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 — 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.
- c. 1792 BC–1750 BC — Babylonia and Mari.
- c. 1792 BC–1750 BC — Stela of Hammurabi, from Susa (modern Shush, Iran) is made. It is now in Musee 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.<a href="http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa011201a.htm" class="external autonumber" title="http://geogra