1790s BC

The 1790s BC was a decade lasting from January 1, 1799 BC to December 31, 1790 BC.

Millennium: 2nd millennium BC
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
  • 1799 BC
  • 1798 BC
  • 1797 BC
  • 1796 BC
  • 1795 BC
  • 1794 BC
  • 1793 BC
  • 1792 BC
  • 1791 BC
  • 1790 BC
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c.1792 BC: Hammurabi starts to rule in Babylon, according to the middle chronology.

c.1792 BC: Work begins on the Stela of Hammurabi (now in the Louvre, Paris).

Significant people

Births

  • Rim-Sin I, ruler of the Middle Eastern city-state of Larsa was born in circa 1790 B.C. according to Short Chronology estimates.

References


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