General
Population: Perhaps 50 million*
- Law: Code of Hammurabi written (1780 / 1750 BC)
- Deaths: Hammurabi of Babylon (1750 BC)
Africa
- Egypt: End of Egypt's 12th dynassty with rule of female Pharoah (1788 BC)
Hyksos invade Egypt starting second intermediate period (1786 - 1750 BC)
Americas
- South America: Pottery used in Peru (1750 BC)
Asia
- China: End of Hsei dynasties and start of Shang (Yin) Dynasty (1766 or 1760 BC)
Europe
- Crete: Earthquake and revolution produce new Minoan dynasty (1750 BC)
Middle East
- Babylon: Reign of Hammurabi begins - extends Babylonia (1792 BC)
Hittites sack Babylon (1760 BC)
Death of Hammurabi the law giver - end of first dynasty as Kasites take over (1750 BC)
- Mesopotamia: Mursilis the Hittite leads his people to power (1775 BC)
Hittite kingdom founded in upper Mesopotamia to 1180 BC (1750 BC)
- Persia: Estimated start of Persian empire (1750 BC)
- Sumeria: Sumerians brew beer (1750 BC)