(19th century BC - 18th century BC - 17th century BC - other centuries) (20th century BC - 19th century BC - 18th century BC - other centuries) (3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC) Events Hittite empire in Anatolia 1829 - 1818 BC -- Egyptian-Nubian war 1818 BC -- Egyptian Campaign in Palestine 1813 BC -- Amorite Conquest of Northern Mesopotamia 1806 BC -- Traditional date for the... (18th century BC - 17th century BC - 16th century BC - other centuries) (1690s BC - 1680s BC - 1670s BC - 1660s BC - 1650s BC - 1640s BC - 1630s BC - 1620s BC - 1610s BC - 1600s BC - 1590s BC - other decades) (3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC) Events 1700 - 1500 BC -- Hurrian conquests... These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. ...

(3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC) (4th millennium BC – 3rd millennium BC – 2nd millennium BC – other millennia) Events Syria: Foundation of the city of Mari (29th century BC ) Iraq: Creation of the Kingdom of Elam Germination of the Bristlecone pine tree Methuselah about 2700 BC, the oldest known tree still living now Dynasty of Lagash in... (3rd millennium BC – 2nd millennium BC – 1st millennium BC – other millennia) Events Second dynasty of Babylon First Bantu migrations from west Africa The Cushites drive the original inhabitants from Ethiopia, and establish trade relations with Egypt. ... (2nd millennium BC – 1st millennium BC – 1st millennium – other millennia) Events The Iron Age began in Western Europe Egypt declined as a major power The Tanakh was written Buddhism was founded Cyrus the Great conquered Babylon and created the Persian Empire (6th century BC) Sparta and Athens fought the Peloponnesian...

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
• 1750 BC -- A colossal volcanic eruption at Mount Veniaminof, Alaska
• 1749 - 1712 BC -- Mesopotamian Rebellions
• 1700 BC -- Minoan civil war

Amorite (Hebrew ’emōrî, Egyptian Amar, Akkadian Amurrū (corresponding to Sumerian MAR.TU or Martu) refers to a Semitic people who occupied the middle Euphrates area from the second half of the third millennium BC and also appear in the Tanakh. ... For uses in the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkiens, see Uruk-hai, Erech (Middle-earth). ... See ISIN for International Securities Identification Number Isin is an city of Mesopotamia, which flourished during the 20th century BC. See Sumer, Sumerian king list. ... The chronology of the Twelfth dynasty is the most stable of any period before the New Kingdom. ... Shang Dynasty (Chinese: 商朝) or Yin Dynasty (殷代) (1600 BC - 1046 BC) followed the legendary Xia Dynasty and preceded the Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC - 256 BC) in China. ... Xia (夏) details several meanings in the Chinese language and the History of China: The season of summer Xia (philosophy) is a Chinese philosophy similar (but not identical) to the chivalrous code of European knights. ... This diorite head is believed to represent king Hammurabi Hammurabi (also transliterated Hammu-rapi or Khammurabi) was the sixth king of Babylon. ... Mari was an ancient city in Syria situated at the modern locality of Tell Hariri, on the western bank of Euphrates river. ... The Hikesos (Egyptian heka khasewet) were an ethnically mixed group of Western Asiatic people who appeared in the eastern Nile Delta during the Second Intermediate Period. ... Map showing volcanoes of Alaska Peninsula. ... State nickname: The Last Frontier, The Land of the Midnight Sun Other U.S. States Capital Juneau Largest city Anchorage Governor Frank Murkowski Official languages English Area 1,717,854 km² (1st)  - Land 1,481,347 km²  - Water 236,507 km² (13. ... Mesopotamia ( Greek: Μεσοποταμία, translated from Old Persian Miyanrudan the Land between the Rivers or the Aramaic name Beth-Nahrin two rivers) is a region of Southwest Asia. ... Map of Minoan Crete The Minoans were a pre-Hellenic Bronze Age civilization in Crete in the Aegean Sea, prior to Helladic or Mycenaean culture (i. ...

Significant persons

• Hammurabi, ruler of the Babylonian Empire

This diorite head is believed to represent king Hammurabi Hammurabi (also transliterated Hammu-rapi or Khammurabi) was the sixth king of Babylon. ... Babylonia was an ancient state in Iraq), combining the territories of Sumer and Akkad. ...

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.

The Phaistos Disc (Phaestos Disc, Festos Disc) is a curious archeological find, most likely dating from about 1700 BC. Its purpose and meaning, and even its original geographical place of manufacture, remain unknown, making it one of the most famous mysteries of archaeology. ...

Deaths

• 1750 BC - Hammurabi (middle chronology)