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 Olmecs builds pyramids (800s BC) Chinese record solar eclipse
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