Information about 8th Century Bc
The 8th century BC started the first day of 800 BC and ended the last day of 701 BC.
Greece colonizes other regions of the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea. Rome] is founded in 753 BC, and the Etruscan civilization expands in Italy. The 8th century BC is conventionally taken as the beginning of Classical Antiquity, with the first Olympiad set at 776 BC, and the epics of Homer dated to the period. A historic solar eclipse is recorded in China, 780 BC.
Iron Age India enters the later Vedic period. Vedic ritual is annotated in many priestly schools in Brahmana commentaries, and the earliest Upanishads mark the beginning of Vedanta philosophy.
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Overview
The 8th century BC was a period of great changes in civilizations. In Egypt, the 23rd and 24th dynasties led to rule from Nubia in the 25 Dynasty. The Neo-Assyrian Empire reaches the peak of its power, conquering the Kingdom of Israel as well as nearby countries.Greece colonizes other regions of the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea. Rome] is founded in 753 BC, and the Etruscan civilization expands in Italy. The 8th century BC is conventionally taken as the beginning of Classical Antiquity, with the first Olympiad set at 776 BC, and the epics of Homer dated to the period. A historic solar eclipse is recorded in China, 780 BC.
Iron Age India enters the later Vedic period. Vedic ritual is annotated in many priestly schools in Brahmana commentaries, and the earliest Upanishads mark the beginning of Vedanta philosophy.
Events and trends
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Ruins of the training grounds at Olympia, Greece. The Ancient Olympic Games were held there from at least 776 BC to 393 AD
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The ancient bronze Capitoline Wolf suckles the infant twins Romulus and Remus, the twins added in the 16th century. They were the legendary founder of Rome
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- Late 8th century BC — Earrings, crown and rosettes, from the tomb of Queen Yabay in Kalhu (modern Nimrud, Iraq) are made. They are now at Iraq Museum, Baghdad. Discovered in 1988.
- c. 8th century BC — 7th century BC; Woman spinning, from Susa (modern Shush, Iran) is made. It is now at Musee du Louvre, Paris.
- 797 BC — Ardysus I becomes king of Lydia.
- 797 BC — Thespieus, King of Athens, dies after a reign of 27 years and is succeeded by his son Agamestor.
- 783 BC — Shalmaneser IV succeeds his father Adad-nirari III as king of Assyria.
- 782 BC — Founding of Erebuni (Էրեբունի) by the orders of King Argishtis I at the site of current-day Yerevan.
- 782 BC — Death of King Xuan of Zhou, King of the Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC — 256 BC) of China.
- 781 BC — King You of Zhou becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC — 256 BC) of China.
- 780 BC — The first historic solar eclipse is recorded in China.
- 778 BC — Agamestor, King of Athens, dies after a reign of 17 years and is succeeded by his son Aeschylus.
- 776 BC — retrospectively set as the first Olympiad. The history Olympic Games is believed to reach as far back as the 13th century BC.
- 774 BC — End of the reign of king Pygmalion of Tyre.
- 773 BC — Death of Shoshenq III, king of Egypt.
- 773 BC — Ashur-Dan III succeeds his brother Shalmaneser IV as king of Assyria.
- 771 BC — End of the Western Zhou Dynasty in China as "western" barbarian tribes sack the capital Hao. King You of Zhou is killed. Crown Prince Ji Yijiu escapes and will reign as King Ping of Zhou.
- 770 BC — Beginning of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty in China as King Ping of Zhou becomes the first King of the Zhou to rule from the new capital of Chengzhou (today Luoyang).
- Assyria conquers Damascus and Samaria.
- June 15, 763 BC — A solar eclipse at this date is used to fix the chronology of the Ancient Near East.
- 756 BC — Founding of Cyzicus.
- 755 BC — Ashur-nirari V succeeds Ashur-Dan III as king of Assyria.
- 755 BC — Aeschylus, King of Athens, dies after a reign of 23 years and is succeeded by Alcmaeon.
- 753 BC — Alcmaeon, King of Athens, dies after a reign of 2 years. He is replaced by Harops, elected Archon for a ten-year term.
- April 21, 753 BC- Rome founded by Romulus (according to tradition). Beginning of the Roman 'Ab urbe condita' calendar.
- February 26, 747 BC — Nabonassar becomes king of Assyria.
- 747 BC — Meles becomes king of Lydia.
- 745 BC — The Crown of Assyria seized by Pul, who takes the name Tiglath-Pileser III.
- 743 BC — Duke Zhuang of the Chinese state of Zheng comes to power.
- 740 BC — Tiglath-Pileser III conquers the city of Arpad in Syria after two years of siege.
- 740 BC — Start of Ahaz's reign of Judah.
- 739 BC — Hiram II becomes king of Tyre.
- 738 BC — King Tiglath-Pileser III of Assyria invades Israel, forcing it to pay tribute.
- 734 BC — Naxus in Sicily founded as a colony of Chalcis in Euboea. (traditional date)
- 732 BC — Hoshea becomes the last king of Israel.
- 730 BC — Osorkon IV succeeds Sheshonq IV as king of the Twenty-second dynasty of Egypt.
- 730 BC — Piye succeeds his father Kashta as king of the Nubian kingdom of Napata.
- 730 BC — Mattan II succeeds Hiram II as king of Tyre.
- 728 BC — Piye invades Egypt, conquering Memphis, and receives the submission of the rulers of the Nile Delta. He founds the Twenty-fifth dynasty of Egypt.
- 727 BC — Babylonia makes itself independent of Assyria.
- 724 BC — The Assyrians start a four-year siege of Tyre.
- 724 BC — The diaulos footrace introduced at the Olympics.
- 722 BC — Spring and Autumn Period of China's history begins as King King Ping of Zhou of the Zhou Dynasty reigns in name only.
- 722 BC — Israel is conquered by Assyrian king Sargon II.
- 720 BC — End of the Assyrian siege of Tyre.
- 710s BC — Judah, Tyre and Sidon revolt against Assyria.
- 719 BC — King Huan of Zhou of the Zhou Dynasty becomes ruler of China.
- 718 BC — Gyges becomes the ruler of Lydia.
- 717 BC — Assyrian king Sargon conquers the Hittites stronghold of Carchemish.
- 717 BC — Sargon II founds a new capital for Assyria at Dur-Sharrukin.
- 716 BC — Roman legend marks this as the date that Romulus ended his rule.
- 715 BC — Start of the reign of Roman King Numa Pompilius.
- 713 BC — Numa Pompilius reforms the Roman calendar.
- 712 BC — Numa Pompilius creates the office of Pontifex Maximus.
- 706 BC — Spartan immigrants found Taras (Tarentum, the modern Taranto) colony in southern Italy.
- 705 BC — Sennacherib succeeds his brother Shalmaneser V as king of Assyria.
- 704 BC — Sennacherib moves the capital of Assyria to Nineveh.
- 701 BC — King Hezekiah of Judah, backed by Egypt, revolts against king Sennacherib of Assyria. Sennacherib sacks many Palestinian cities, but fails in his attempt to take Jerusalem.
- 700 BC — The Scythians start settling in Cimmerian areas, slowly replacing the previous inhabitants.
- 700 BC — End of the Villanovan culture in northern Italy and rise of the Etruscan civilization.
- 700 BC — The Upanishads, a sacred text of Hinduism, are written around this time.
- Mid-8th century BC — Model of temple, found in the Sanctuary of Hera, Argos, is made. It is now at National Archeological Museum, Athens.
- Greeks colonize Mediterranean and Black Seas.
- Thraco-Cimmerian influence in Central Europe.
Significant persons
- 760s BC — Argishtis I of Urartu dies.
- 760s BC — Amaziah of Judah dies.
- 760s BC — Archilaus, king of Sparta, dies.
- 760s BC — Marduk-apla-usur and Eriba-Marduk, kings of Babylon, dies.
- 760s BC — Rivallo, legendary king of the Britons, dies.
- Shoshonq V, Pharaoh of the Twenty-second dynasty of Egypt (767 BC–730 BC)
- Osorkon III, Pharaoh of the Twenty-second dynasty of Egypt (787 BC–759 BC)
- Takelot III, Pharaoh of the Twenty-third dynasty of Egypt (764 BC–757 BC)
- Rudamun, Pharaoh of the Twenty-third dynasty of Egypt (757 BC–754 BC)
- Iuput, Pharaoh of the Twenty-third dynasty of Egypt (754 BC–715 BC)
- Niumateped, king of the Libyans (775 BC–750 BC)
- Titaru, king of the Libyans (758 BC–750 BC)
- Ker, king of the Libyans (750 BC–745 BC)
- Midas (king of Phrygia)
- Hezekiah of the Kingdom of Judah (reigned 715 BC–687 BC)
- Sennacherib, king of Assyria and conqueror of Babylon (705–681 BC)
- Homer (exact dates unknown, usually dated to the mid to late 8th century BC)
- 740s BC — Romulus and Remus
- 725 BC — Bakenranef (also known as Bocchoris) succeeds his father Tefnakhte as king of the Twenty-fourth dynasty of Egypt
- Ahaz, king of Judah (735 BC–715 BC)
- 723 BC — Shalmaneser V, king of Assyria, dies.
- 723 BC — Sargon succeeds Shalmaneser V as king of Assyria.
- 721 BC — Shabaka succeeds his father Piye as king of the Twenty-fifth dynasty of Egypt.
- 720 BC — Shabaka kills Bakenranef (Bocchoris), ending the Twenty-fourth Dynasty of Egypt
- 720 BC — Death of Zhou ping wang, king of the Zhou Dynasty of China
- 715 BC — Osorkon IV dies, ending the Twenty-second dynasty of Egypt.
- 713 BC — Birth of semi-legendary Zamolxis in Dacia
Inventions, discoveries, introductions
- Chinese record solar eclipse.
- Demotic writing appeared in Ancient Egypt.
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9th century BC - 8th century BC
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Gumhūriyyat Miṣr al-ʿArabiyyah
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Arab Republic of Egypt
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Nubia (not to be confused with Nuba, a collective term used for the peoples who inhabit the Nuba Mountains, in Kordofan province, Sudan, Africa) is the region in the south of Egypt, along the Nile and in northern Sudan.
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Neo-Assyrian Empire was a period of Mesopotamian history which began in 934 BC and ended in 609 BC.[1] Though not effectively until the reforms of Tiglath-Pileser III in the 8th century BC (ruled 745–727 BC),[2][3]
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Kingdom of Israel (Hebrew: ממלכת יִשְׂרָאֵל, Standard
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The term ancient Greece refers to the periods of Greek history in Classical Antiquity, lasting ca. 750 BC[1] (the archaic period) to 146 BC (the Roman conquest). It is generally considered to be the seminal culture which provided the foundation of Western Civilization.
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Magna Graecia (Latin for "Greater Greece," Megalê Hellas/Μεγάλη Ἑλλάς in Greek) is the name of the area in Southern Italy that was colonised by Greek settlers in the 8th century BC, who brought with
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Mediterranean is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Europe, on the south by Africa, and on the east by Asia. It covers an approximate area of 2.
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Ab Urbe condita (literally, "from the city, having been founded") is a monumental history of Rome, from its legendary founding (ab Urbe condita, dated to 753 BC by Varro and most modern scholars). The book was written by Titus Livius (around 59 BC–AD 17).
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8th century BC - 7th century BC
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780s BC 770s BC 760s BC - 750s BC - 740s BC 730s BC 720s BC
759 BC 758 BC 757 BC 756 BC 755 BC
754 BC 753 BC 752 BC 751 BC 750 BC
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Etruscan civilization is the modern English name given to the culture and way of life of a people of ancient Italy and Corsica whom the ancient Romans called Etrusci or Tusci.
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Classical antiquity (also the classical era or classical period) is a broad term for a long period of cultural history centered on the Mediterranean Sea, comprising the interlocking civilizations of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.
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An Olympiad is a period of four years, associated with the Olympic Games of Classical Greece. In the Hellenistic period, beginning with Ephorus, Olympiads were used as a calendar epoch. In this reckoning, the first Olympiad lasted from the summer of 776 BC to that of 772 BC.
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Homer is the name given to the purported author of the early Greek poems the Iliad and the Odyssey. It is now generally believed that they were composed by illiterate aoidoi (rhapsodes) in an oral tradition in the 8th or 7th century BC.
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8th century BC - 7th century BC
810s BC 800s BC 790s BC - 780s BC - 770s BC 760s BC 750s BC
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810s BC 800s BC 790s BC - 780s BC - 770s BC 760s BC 750s BC
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Iron Age in the Indian subcontinent succeeds the Late Harappan (Cemetery H) culture, also known as the last phase of the Indus Valley Tradition. The cultures of the Punjab and Rajasthan in this phase spread eastward across the Gangetic plain.
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Vedic period (or Vedic Age) is the period in the history of India when the sacred Vedic Sanskrit texts such as the Vedas were composed. The associated culture, sometimes referred to as Vedic civilization, was centered on the Indo-Gangetic Plain.
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Hinduism and Indian religions for details of continued religious practices. See Śrauta for the continuing practice of performance of rituals by an oral passing of hymns/chants through generations.
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The Sanskrit term shakha (IAST śākhā
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Brāhmaṇas (Devanagari:
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The Upanishads (Devanagari: उपनिषद्, IAST: upaniṣad) are regarded as part of the Vedas and as such form part of the Hindu scriptures.
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Vedanta (Devanagari: वेदान्त,
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An earring is a piece of jewelry that is worn on the ear. They are worn by both genders, although until recently in western cultures, they were more typically worn by women, but are making a comeback in males.
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crown is the traditional symbolic form of headgear worn by a monarch or by a deity, for whom the crown traditionally statue power, legitimacy, immortality, righteousness, victory, triumph, resurrection, honour and glory of life after death.
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Ancient Mesopotamia
Euphrates Tigris
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Sumer: Uruk ' Ur ' Eridu
Kish ' Lagash ' Nippur
Akkadian Empire: Akkad
Babylon ' Isin ' Susa
Assyria: Assur Nineveh
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Euphrates Tigris
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Sumer: Uruk ' Ur ' Eridu
Kish ' Lagash ' Nippur
Akkadian Empire: Akkad
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