What is 18th century BC?
{{Centurybox|-18}} The '''18th century BCE''' was the [[century]] which lasted from 1800 BCE to 1701 BCE. ==Events== [[Image:CodexOfHammurabi.jpg|thumb|An inscription of the [[Code of Hammurabi]], one of the earliest known sets of laws]] <!-- Note that per WP:DATE, years before 1700 BCE should link to the relevant century. Thus wikifying any of these years will redirect to this page. Only wikify links to other centuries. --> * '''1800 BCE''': [[Iron Age]] in India<ref name=Tewari>{{Cite web |url=http://antiquity.ac.uk/projgall/tewari/tewari.pdf |title=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) |access-date=2012-05-03 |archive-date=2021-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205201659/http://antiquity.ac.uk/projgall/tewari/tewari.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> * '''1800 BCE''': Beginning of the [[Nordic Bronze Age]] in the period system devised by [[Oscar Montelius]]. * '''1800 BCE – [[1300s BC (decade)|1300 BCE]]''': [[Troy]] VI flourishes. * ''' c. 1800 BCE''': Sedentary [[Maya civilization|Mayan]] communities in [[Mesoamerica]] * ''' c. 1800 BCE''': [[Hyksos]] start to settle in the [[Nile Delta]]. The capital was at [[Avaris]]. * '''c. 1792 BCE – 1750 BCE''': ([[middle chronology]]) – [[Hammurabi]] rules [[Babylonia]] and has to deal with [[Mari, Syria|Mari]]. * '''c. 1792 BCE – 1750 BCE''': ([[middle chronology]]) – [[Stela of Hammurabi]], from [[Susa]] (modern [[Shush]], [[Iran]]) is made. It is now in [[Musée du Louvre]], Paris. * '''1787 BCE – 1784 BCE''': [[Amorite]] conquests of [[Uruk]] and [[Isin]]. * '''1786 BCE''': [[Egypt]]: Queen [[Sobekneferu]] dies. End of [[Twelfth dynasty of Egypt|Twelfth Dynasty]], start of [[Thirteenth dynasty of Egypt|Thirteenth Dynasty]], start of [[Fourteenth dynasty of Egypt|Fourteenth Dynasty]]. * '''1779 BCE''': [[Zimrilim]], the King of [[Mari, Syria|Mari]], starts to rule. * '''1770 BCE''': [[Babylon]], capital of [[Babylonia]]