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1720s BC
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The eighteenth century BC was the time period from 1800 BC to 1701 BC .
Events
1800 BC — Iron age in India [1]
1800 BC — beginning of the Nordic Bronze Age in the period 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 .[1]
1766 BC — Shang conquest of Xia Dynasty . China .
1764–1750 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 .
Before c. 1750 BC — Investiture of Zimrilim (Zimiri-Lim , King of Mari, before the Goddess Ishtar), facsimile of a wall painting on mud plaster from the Zimrilim palace at Mari (modern Tell Hariri , Iraq ), Court 106, is made. It is now in Musee du Louvre , Paris .
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).
1800–1700 BC — Decline of the Indus Valley Civilization
Significant persons
Births
Deaths
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
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 archeology.
Decades and years
References
^ The origins of Iron Working in India: New evidence from the Central Ganga plain and the Eastern Vindhyas by Rakesh Tewari (Director, U.P. State Archaeological Department)
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