1730s BC

Events and trends

• 1736 BC–According to the ultra-long chronology of the ancient Near East, this is the year the sack of Babylon occurred.

  Significant people

• Samsu-iluna, king of Babylon since 1750 BC, according to the middle chronology
• Rim-Sin I, ruler of the Middle Eastern city-state of Larsa since 1758 BC, according to the short chronology. That same chronology records his death as being in 1699 BC.