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Millennium
2nd millennium BC
Centuries
19th century BC 18th century BC 17th century BC
Decades
1780s BC 1770s BC 1760s BC 1750s BC 1740s BC
Years
1769 BC 1768 BC 1767 BC 1766 BC 1765 BC 1764 BC 1763 BC 1762 BC 1761 BC 1760 BC
Categories
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The 1760s BC was a decade lasting from January 1, 1769 BC to December 31, 1760 BC.

Events and trends

Significant people

Hammurabi, king of Babylon from around 1792 to 1750 BC^[1]
Rim-Sin I, king of Larsa from 1822 to 1763 BC, according to the middle chronology
Yarim-Lim I, king of the Amorite kingdom of Yamhad in present-day Syria, from around 1780 to 1764 BC
Zimri-Lim, king of the Middle Eastern city-state of Mari from around 1775 to 1761 BC
Shibtu, queen of Zimri-Lim throughout his reign

^ Mieroop, Marc Van De (2008). King Hammurabi of Babylon: A Biography. John Wiley & Sons. p. viii. ISBN 9780470695340.