8th century BC
(9th century BC – 8th century BC – 7th century BC – other centuries)
(800s BC – 790s BC – 780s BC – 770s BC – 760s BC – 750s BC – 740s BC – 730s BC – 720s BC – 710s BC – 700s BC – other decades)
(2nd millennium BC – 1st millennium BC – 1st millennium AD)
Events
- Golden age in Armenia
- Assyria conquers Damascus and Samaria
- Nineveh destroyed (789 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.
- According to tradition, Rome founded (753 BC, 21 April)
- Destruction of the Kingdom of Israel by Assyrian king Sargon II (721 BC)
- Greeks colonize Mediterranean and Black Seas.
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).
Inventions, discoveries, introductions
Categories: 8th century BC