8th century BC

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{{centuryBCbox | cp = 9th century BC | c = 8th century BC | cna = 7 | cnb = th century BC }} (2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium)

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Events and trends

• 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.
• 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 Seas.
• 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

• Olmecs builds pyramids (800s BC)
• Chinese record solar eclipseTemplate:Fact

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