This article concerns the period 789 BC – 780 BC.
Events and trends
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783 BC This article concerns the period 789 BC – 780 BC.
Events and trends
* 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 ...
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Shalmaneser IV
Shalmaneser IV ( Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: , meaning "Salmānu is foremost") was the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 783 BC to his death in 773 BC. Shalmaneser was the son and successor of his predecessor, Adad-nirari III, and ruled during a pe ...
succeeds his father
Adad-nirari III
Adad-nirari III (also Adad-narari) was a King of Assyria from 811 to 783 BC. Note that this assumes that the longer version of the Assyrian Eponym List, which has an additional eponym for Adad-nirari III, is the correct one. For the shorter eponym ...
as king of
Assyria
Assyria ( Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: , romanized: ''māt Aššur''; syc, ܐܬܘܪ, ʾāthor) was a major ancient Mesopotamian civilization which existed as a city-state at times controlling regional territories in the indigenous lands of the ...
.
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782 BC
Events
* Founding of Erebuni Fortress, namesake of Yerevan, Armenia, by Argishti I of Urartu
Births
Deaths
*Zhou xuan wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC - 256 BC), Zhou Dynasty of China.
References
780s BC,
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—Founding of
Erebuni (Էրեբունի) by the orders of King
Argishtis I at the site of current-day
Yerevan
Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and i ...
.
* 782 BC—Death of
Zhou xuan wang
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King Xuan of Zhou, personal name Ji Jing, was the eleventh king of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty. Estimated dates of his reign are 827/25–782 BC.
He worked to restore royal authority after the Gong He interregnum. He fought the 'Western ...
, King of the
Zhou Dynasty
The Zhou dynasty ( ; Old Chinese ( B&S): *''tiw'') was a royal dynasty of China that followed the Shang dynasty. Having lasted 789 years, the Zhou dynasty was the longest dynastic regime in Chinese history. The military control of China by ...
of
China.
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781 BC
Events
*Zhou you wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty
The Zhou dynasty ( ; Old Chinese ( B&S): *''tiw'') was a royal dynasty of China that followed the Shang dynasty. Having lasted 789 years, the Zhou dynasty was the longest dynastic reg ...
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Zhou you wang
King You of Zhou (; 795–771 BC), personal name Ji Gongsheng, was the twelfth king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty and the last of Western Zhou Dynasty. He reigned from 781 to 771 BC.
History
In 780 BC, a major earthquake hit Guanzhong. A soothsaye ...
becomes King of the
Zhou Dynasty
The Zhou dynasty ( ; Old Chinese ( B&S): *''tiw'') was a royal dynasty of China that followed the Shang dynasty. Having lasted 789 years, the Zhou dynasty was the longest dynastic regime in Chinese history. The military control of China by ...
of
China.
*780 BC - 560 BC—The Establishment of The Greek Colonies.
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Significant people
References
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