18th century BC Chr.

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Expansion of the Egyptian Empire

The 18th century BC Chr. Began v on January 1, 1800. And ended on December 31, 1701 BC. Chr.

Age / Epoch

Events / developments

Hammurapi's Code of Law
  • In the 18th century BC Most of the cities of the Indus culture were abandoned and this culture gradually declined.
  • In the 18th century BC The royal dynasty of Ugarit was founded. Ugarit thus became a city-state.
  • around 1796 BC The Babylonian king Sin-muballit conquered the city of Isin .
  • around 1793 BC Isin was conquered by Rim-Sin I from Larsa . Isin thus falls under the rule of Larsa (later back to Babylonia).
  • around 1792 BC The Assyrian king Šamši-Adad I conquered the city of Mari .
  • The Codex Ešnunna was probably written during the reign of Dāduša (1788–1779 BC). This legal collection is a little older than the much better known Codex Hammurapi.
  • around 1786 BC The Babylonian king Hammurabi I conquered the cities of Isin and Uruk , which Rim-Sin I had previously occupied.
  • around 1780 BC The eruption of Vesuvius : it is more devastating than the eruption of 79 AD , the ash rain reaches into what is now the city of Naples - the fourth Plinian eruption or Pomici di Avellino ( Avellino eruption ).
  • around 1775 BC In BC, Mari regained independence from the Assyrian Empire under Zimri-Lim .
  • no later than 1772 BC The Codex Hammurapi , one of the oldest collections of laws in the world, of the Babylonian King Hammurapi I was created.
  • around 1763 BC The Babylonian king Hammurabi I conquered the city of Larsa . Larsa thus fell under Babylonian hegemony and Babylonia became the dominant empire in Mesopotamia .
  • around 1750 BC Chr .: eruption of Mount Veniaminof , Alaska

Personalities

Head of a statue of Amenemhet III.
Sphinx Amenemhet IV.
Statue Hor I.

Note: The years of government cannot be precisely determined in this century. Therefore, these are approximate estimates.

Pharaohs of Egypt

Kings of Assyria

Kings of Babylonia

Kings of Byblos

Kings of Elam

Kings of Ešnunna

King of Isin

Kings of Jamchad

King of Larsa

King of Mari

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hermann Kulke and Dietmar Rothermund : History of India: From the Indus culture to today. CH Beck, 2010, ISBN 3-406-60414-5 , p. 42
  2. ↑ Robert Rollinger and Brigitte Truschnegg: Antiquity and the Mediterranean: The ancient world on this side and on the other side of the Levant. Franz Steiner Verlag, 2006, ISBN 3-515-08738-9 , p. 178
  3. ↑ a b c Erich Ebeling , Bruno Meissner : Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Aräologie, Volume 5. Walter de Gruyter, 1980, ISBN 3-11-007192-4 , p. 183
  4. ↑ a b c Michael Jursa : The Babylonians: History, Society, Culture. CH Beck, 2004, ISBN 3-406-50849-9 , pp. 20-21
  5. ↑ Klaas Veenhof : History of the Ancient Orient up to the time of Alexander the Great. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2001, ISBN 3-525-51685-1 , p. 119
  6. ^ Gerhard Ries : Prologue and Epilogue in Laws of Antiquity. CH Beck, 1983, ISBN 3-406-09115-6 , p. 21

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