18th century BC

The 18th century BC was the century which lasted from 1800 BC to 1701 BC.

Millennium: 2nd millennium BC
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Categories: Births – Deaths
Establishments – Disestablishments

Events

An inscription of the Code of Hammurabi, one of the earliest known sets of laws


Significant persons

Deaths

1750 BCHammurabi (middle chronology)

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

  • c. 1700 BC—Median date for the building of the Phaistos Disc. Its purpose and meaning, and even its original geographical place of manufacture remains unknown, making it one of the most famous mysteries of archaeology.

Decades and years

References

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