The 18th century BC
35 sourced entries across 15 documented years, grouped into 0 decades. A century here runs 1900–1999 rather than 1901–2000, so its decades sit inside it exactly.
Decades
By subject
- Conflict & Security in the 18th century BC — 13 entries
A few of the years
- 1792 BCEc. 1792 BC – 1750 BC: (middle chronology) – Hammurabi rules Babylonia and has to deal with Mari, which he conquers late in his career.
- 1787 BCE1787 BC – 1784 BC: Amorite conquests of Uruk and Isin.
- 1786 BCE1786 BC: Egypt: Queen Sobekneferu dies. End of Twelfth Dynasty, start of Thirteenth Dynasty, start of Fourteenth Dynasty.
- 1779 BCE1779 BC: Zimrilim, the King of Mari, starts to rule.
- 1770 BCE1770 BC: Babylon, capital of Babylonia becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Thebes, capital of Egypt.
- 1766 BCE1766 BC: Shang conquest of the Xia dynasty. China.
- 1764 BCE1764 BC – 1750 BC: Wars of Hammurabi.
- 1757 BCE1757 BC: Mari sacked by Hammurabi. Zimrilim's palace is destroyed.