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8th Century BC
The 8th century BCE 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 Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt, 23rd and Twenty-fourth Dynasty of Egypt, 24th dynasties lead to rule from Nubia in the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt, 25th Dynasty. The Neo-Assyrian Empire reaches the peak of its power, conquering the Kingdom of Israel (Samaria), Kingdom of Israel as well as nearby countries. Ancient Greece, Greece Magna Graecia, colonizes other regions of the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea. Rome is ab urbe condita, 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. Historical Vedic religion, Vedic ritual is annotated in many sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
800 BC
Events *End of the reign of Polydectes of Sparta, Polydectes, king of Sparta from 830 BC. *Beginning of the reign of Eunomus (king of Sparta), Eunomus, king of Sparta until 780 BC. *Emergence of the first communities settled in the Chincha culture, Chincha Valley (Peru), pertaining to Paracas culture, Paracas culture in the south coast of Peru. *End of Period IVB, Teppe Hasanlu, Hasanlu is completely destroyed by a fire. *The Greek Colonization of the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean & Black Sea. *Archaic Greece, Archaic period of Greece ( - 500 BCE). *Homer of Greece writes his Iliad and Odyssey. ( - 700 BCE) *Assyrian army makes a use of the new technology by which iron can be hardened into steel suitable for weapons. *Earliest surviving sundial is in use in Egypt. *Beginning of Iron Age in Britain (until 43 AD). Deaths *Xiong Xun, monarch of the state of Chu (state), Chu during the Western Zhou Dynasty of ancient China. *Hasanlu Lovers, pair of human remains found at Teppe Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympiad
An olympiad ( el, Ὀλυμπιάς, ''Olympiás'') is a period of four years, particularly those associated with the ancient and modern Olympic Games. Although the ancient Olympics were established during Greece's Archaic Era, it was not until Hippias that a consistent list was established and not until Ephorus in the Hellenistic period that the first recorded Olympic contest was used as a Epoch (reference date), calendar epoch. Ancient authors agreed that other Olympics had been held before the race won by Coroebus of Elis, Coroebus but disagreed on how many; the convention was established to place Coroebus's victory at a time equivalent to the summer of 776 BC, 776 in the Gregorian calendar and to treat it as Year 1 of Olympiad 1. Olympiad 2 began with the next games in the summer of 772 . Thus, for N less than 195, Olympiad N is reckoned as starting in the year 780-(4\times N) and ending four years later. For N greater than or equal to 195, Olympiad N starte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |