The 18th century BC was the century that lasted from 1800 BC to 1701 BC.
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 .[1]
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 .
c. 1750 BC : Hammurabi (middle chronology )
1764 BC: Yarim Lim 1 The Great King of Yamhad
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.