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1800 BC| c. 1800 BC | Europe [social customs] | The typical barrow or tumulus (burial mound) in northwestern Europe becomes the round barrow rather than the Neolithic or megalithic long or chambered barrow. The use of round barrows continues into the Iron Age. | | c. 1800 BC | China [earth sciences] | Chinese historical records refer to earthquakes. | | c. 1800 BC | Europe [farming] | Neolithic farming reaches the Orkney Islands, off the northeast coast of Scotland, in the shape of a settlement at Skara Brae of well-built stone huts skilfully protected from the elements. | | 1800 BC | Sumeria [Judaism] | Abraham, generally recognized as the first historical character in the Bible, leaves the Sumerian city of Ur, where he was born. He and his family may well have sojourned in Egypt, along with other wandering Semites. | | c. 1800 BC | India [everyday life] | The Indus valley Harappan civilization, with its magnificently planned cities, is coming to an end due to invaders who, with little doubt, must be the peoples of Indo-European stock who later write the Vedas (Hindu scriptures). | | c. 1800 BC | Europe [other structures] | More than 3,000 menhirs, or standing stones, are erected in several parallel rows 4.8–6.4 km/3–4 mi long at Carnac, Brittany, in France. | | c. 1800 BC | Assyria [trade] | The Assyrians enter history in a reference to their merchants' activities at the site of Kanesh (modern Kultepe) at the eastern end of the Anatolian plateau. The city has been excavated showing Assyrian merchants' quarters in one section of the native city. |
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