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	C	8th Century BC
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	Cnb	th century BC

( 2nd Millennium BC - 1st Millennium BC - 1st Millennium )

EVENTS AND TRENDS

Assyria conquers Damascus and Samaria

Nineveh destroyed ( 616 BC )

First recorded Olympic Games held in Greece ( 776 BC )

Zhou Dynasty moved its capital to Luoyang ( 771 BC ); The Spring And Autumn Period (771- 481 BC ) began.

Founding Of Rome (traditionally, 21 April 753 BC )

Destruction of the Kingdom Of Israel by Assyrian king Sargon II ( 721 BC )

Greeks colonize Mediterranean and Black Sea s.

Etruscan Civilization

Thraco-Cimmerian influence in Central Europe

SIGNIFICANT PERSONS

Midas (King of Phrygia )

Hezekiah of the Kingdom Of Judah (reigned 715 - 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)

INVENTIONS, DISCOVERIES, INTRODUCTIONS

Olmec s builds pyramids ( 800s BC )

Chinese record Solar Eclipse