8th century BC

The 8th century BC started the first day of 800 BC and ended the last day of 701 BC. The 8th century BC is a period of great change for several historically significant civilizations. In Egypt, the 23rd and 24th dynasties lead to rule from Nubia in the 25th 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 between 750 and 650 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.

Greeks colonize Mediterranean and Black Seas. Thraco-Cimmerian influence in Central Europe. Assyria conquers Damascus and Samaria. The state of Zhongli in founded.

Significant persons

Sennacherib

Sargon II

Tiglath-Pileser III

Dido

Hesiod

Homer Adad-nirari III, king of Assyria Ahaz, king of Judah Alcmenes, king of Sparta Amaziah of Judah Argishtis I of Urartu Ashur-dan III, king of Assyria Archilaus, king of Sparta Bakenranef (also known as Bocchoris) succeeds his father Tefnakhte as king of the Twenty-fourth dynasty of Egypt Isaiah, biblical prophet & advisor to the kings of Judah Dido, queen of Carthage Eriba-Marduk, king of babylon Iuput, Pharaoh of the Twenty-third dynasty of Egypt Hezekiah of the Kingdom of Judah Marduk-apla-usur, king of Babylon Menua, king of Urartu]] Midas (king of Phrygia) Nabonassar, king of Babylon Numa Pompilius, king of Rome Osorkon III, Pharaoh of the Twenty-second dynasty of Egypt King Ping of Zhou, king of the Zhou Dynasty Pygmalion, king of Tyre Rivallo, legendary king of the Britons Rhea Silvia, mother of Romulus and Remus Romulus, king of Rome Rudamun, pharaoh of the Twenty-third dynasty of Egypt Rusa I, king of Urartu Sargon succeeds Shalmaneser V as king of Assyria Sennacherib, king of Assyria Shalmaneser V, king of Assyria Shabaka succeeds his father Piye as king of the Twenty-fifth dynasty of Egypt Shabaka kills Bakenranef (Bocchoris) Takelot III, pharaoh of the Twenty-third dynasty of Egypt Tiglath-Pileser III, king of Assyria Titus Tatius, king of the Sabines Zamolxis in Dacia Literature Arctinus of Miletus, Greek poet Cinaethon of Sparta, Greek poet Eumelus of Corinth, Greek poet Hesiod, Greek poet Homer, Greek poet Sport Desmon of Corinth, Greek runner Orsippus, Greek runner Polychares of Messenia, Greek runner Pythagoras of Laconia, Greek runner Tellis of Sicyon, Greek runner Inventions, discoveries, introductions Demotic writing appeared in Ancient Egypt. Greeks adopt alphabetic writing.