Events
- 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.
- 1775 BC to 1760 BC: Investiture of Zimri-Lim, a painting of Zimri-Lim receiving the ring and staff from the goddess Ishtar, is made at the Royal Palace of Mari, Court 106. It is now at the Louvre, Paris.
- 1770 BC: Babylon, capital of Babylonia becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Thebes, capital of Egypt.
- 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: Old Assyrian Empire disestablished
- 1750 BC: A colossal volcanic eruption at Mount Veniaminof, located on the Alaska Peninsula.
- c. 1750 BC: Hammurabi dies and is succeeded by his son, Samsu-iluna, who is already involved in Babylonian government.
- 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. 1750 BC: The complaint tablet to Ea-nāṣir is written.
- 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.
- 1749 BC: Samsu-iluna succeeds Hammurabi as king of Babylon. However, his rule is not very effective, and Mesopotamia endures turmoil during his reign.
- c. 1740 BC: Akkadian-Assyrian governor Puzur-Sin drives the Babylonians and Amorites into the north, out of the land of Assyria.
- 1736 BC: According to the ultra-long chronology of the ancient Near East, this is the year the sack of Babylon occurred.
- c. 1720 BC: The Hyksos invade and conquer Egypt, establishing their capital at Avaris.
- c. 1720 BC: Adasi, a native king of Assyria, seizes power.
- 1712 BC: According to the middle chronology, Samsu-iluna dies and is succeeded by Abi-Eshuh.
- c. 1700 BC: Unetice culture, beginning of the Bronze Age in Central Europe.
- c. 1700 BC: 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. 1700 BC: Knossos on Crete is destroyed by fire.
- c. 1700 BC: Oxus civilization ends in today's Central Asia.
