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18th century BC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (371 words) |
 | 1787 – 1784 BC -- Amorite conquests of Uruk and Isin. |
| 1766 BC -- Shang conquest of Xia Dynasty. |
| 1750 BC -- Hyksos occupation of Northern Egypt. |
| Babylonia - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta (1420 words) |
| Toward the end of the 3rd millennium bc, Sumer and Akkad was a kingdom of empire proportions ruled by a Sumerian dynasty known as the 3rd Dynasty of Ur. |
| At the beginning of the 15th century bc, for example, it was one of the four major powers of the Orient, the other three being the Egyptian, Mitanni, and Hittite empires. |
| Beginning in the 9th century bc, the Chaldeans were destined to play an important political role in the history of the Orient; their rulers helped destroy the Assyrian Empire and, at least for a brief period, made Babylonia, or, as it gradually came to be known, Chaldea, the dominant power of Mesopotamia. |
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