18th century BC

(19th century BC – 18th century BC – 17th century BC – other centuries)

(3rd millennium BC – 2nd millennium BC – 1st millennium BC)

Events

• 1787 – 1784 BC — Amorite conquests of Uruk and Isin
• 1786 BC — Egypt: End of Twelfth Dynasty, start of Thirteenth Dynasty, start of Fourteenth Dynasty
• 1766 BC — Shang conquest of Hsia
• 1764 – 1750 BC — Wars of Hammurabi
• 1759 BC — Mari sacked by Hammurabi
• 1750 BC — Hyksos occupation of Northern Egypt
• 1749 – 1712 BC — Mesopotamian Rebellions
• 1700 BC — Minoan civil war

Significant persons

• Hammurabi, ruler of the Babylonian Empire

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

• The Phaistos Disc most likely dating from about 1700 BC. Its purpose and meaning, and even its original geographical place of manufacture remains unknown, making it one of the most famous mysteries of archaeology.

Deaths

• 1750 BC – Hammurabi (middle chronology)