850s BC
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| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
| Centuries: | 10th century BC – 9th century BC – 8th century BC |
| Decades: | 880s BC 870s BC 860s BC – 850s BC – 840s BC 830s BC 820s BC |
| Years: | 859 BC 858 BC 857 BC 856 BC 855 BC 854 BC 853 BC 852 BC 851 BC 850 BC |
| Categories: | Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments |
[edit] Events and trends
- 859 BC—Assurnasirpal II dies.
- 859 BC—Shalmaneser attacks Syria and Palestine.
- 858 BC—Aramu becomes king of Urartu.
- 858 BC—Shalmaneser III succeeds Assurnasirpal II as king of Assyria.
- 854 BC or 853 BC—Shalmaneser III battles a Syrian coalition (including king Ahab of Kingdom of Israel and Hadadezer) in the battle of Karkar.
- 850 BC—Takelot II succeeds Osorkon II as King of Egypt.
- c. 850 BC—Homer composes the Iliad and Odyssey.
- c. 850 BC—Assurnasirpal II killing lions, from the palace complex of Assurnasirpal II in Kalhu (modern Nimrud, Iraq) is made. It is now in The British Museum, London.
- c. 850 BC—Mesha erects the Mesha Stele, the Moabite Stone; the story is 34 lines, nearly complete and reveals the name 'Israel', a story of Mesha's revolt against the Kingdom of ancient Israel.
- Nazarites and Rechabites establish early temperance movement.
