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General

Population: Perhaps 50 million*

• Government: Control of society passes from prists to manufacturers (1800 BC)
• Language: Rise of the alphabet (1800 BC)
• Mathematics: Multiplication tables invented in Mesopotamia (1800 BC)
• Deaths: Sesostris III of Canaan (1849 BC)

Africa

• Egypt: Bronze work introduced (1800 BC)

Americas

• General: Agriculture and irrigation begins on Pacific (1800 BC)
• South America: Ceremonial platforms and U-shaped ceremonial centers built in Peru (1800 BC)

Europe

• General: Decline of the Unetice culture in Europe (1800 BC)

Middle East

• General: Death of Sesostris III of Canaan (1849 BC)
  Writing develops in Sinai peninsula (1800 BC)
  Taboos against eating pork established in near East (1800 BC)
• Babylon: First dynasty of babylonian kings (1830 BC)
• Mesopotamia: Hittite king Labarnas reigns - mentioned in writing found in Sinai peninsula (1800 BC)