Editing 800s BC (decade)

{{Short description|Decade}}
This article concerns the period '''809 BC – 800 BC'''.
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{{BC year in topic|800}}

==Events and trends==
* 804 BC—[[Adad-nirari III]] of [[Assyria]] led a campaign into Syria and Palestine, reaching Gaza.<ref>{{cite EBO |last1=Edzard |first1=Dietz O. |last2=von Soden |first2=Wolfram H. |title=Assyria and Babylonia from c. 1000 to c. 750 BCE |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Mesopotamia-historical-region-Asia/Assyria-and-Babylonia-from-c-1000-to-c-750-bce |access-date=2025-03-12}}</ref>
* c. 800 BC—[[Greek Dark Ages]] end.
* c. 800 BC—[[Archaic period in Greece]] begins. (It ends in 480 BC with the invasion of Xerxes.){{fact|date=March 2025}}
* From c. 800 BC – The [[Upanishads]] are composed.
* c. 800 BC–[[700 BC]]—Pre-[[Etruscan civilization|Etruscan]] period in [[Italy]].
* [[Etruscan civilization]].
* The [[Olmec]]s build [[pyramid]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.doaaraku.com/art-and-historic-sites/tourist-information-mexico-chichen-itza-mayan-civilization-site-the-extraordinary-in-mexico-at-age-800-bc |title=Tourist Information – Mexico – Chichen Itza – Mayan Civilization Site the Extraordinary in Mexico at Age 800 BC &#124; Doaaraku.com |access-date=March 4, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120527050502/http://www.doaaraku.com/art-and-historic-sites/tourist-information-mexico-chichen-itza-mayan-civilization-site-the-extraordinary-in-mexico-at-age-800-bc/ |archive-date=May 27, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.essaysbyekowa.com/olmecs.htm|title=The Olmecs}}</ref>

*800 BC—End of the reign of [[Polydectes of Sparta|Polydectes]], king of [[Sparta]] from 830 BC.
*800 BC—Beginning of the reign of [[Eunomus (king of Sparta)|Eunomus]], king of Sparta until 780 BC.
*800 BC—Emergence of the first communities settled in the [[Chincha culture|Chincha]] Valley (Peru), pertaining to [[Paracas culture|Paracas]] culture in the south coast of Peru.
*c. 800 BC—End of Period IVB, [[Teppe Hasanlu|Hasanlu]] (Iran) is completely destroyed by a fire.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=The Hasanlu Lovers - Digital Collections - Penn Museum|url=https://www.penn.museum/collections/highlights/physicalanthro/the-lovers.php#:~:text=At%20the%20end%20of%20Period,summer%20based%20on%20plant%20remains.|access-date=2021-03-11|website=www.penn.museum}}</ref>
*c. 800 BC—The Greek Colonization of the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]] & [[Black Sea]].<ref name=":1" />
*c. 800 BC—[[Homer]] of Greece writes his [[Iliad]] and [[Odyssey]]. ( - 700 BCE)<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Greece Timeline|url=https://www.worldhistory.org/timeline/greece/|access-date=2021-03-11|website=[[World History Encyclopedia]]}}</ref>
*c. 800 BC—[[Assyrian army]] makes a use of the new technology by which [[iron]] can be hardened into [[steel]] suitable for weapons.<ref name=":2" />
*c. 800 BC—Earliest surviving sundial is in use in [[Egypt]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=HistoryWorld - World History Timeline|url=http://www.historyworld.net/timesearch/default.asp?conid=static_timeline&timelineid=537&page=8&keywords=World%20History%20timeline|access-date=2021-03-11|website=www.historyworld.net}}</ref>
*c. 800 BC—Beginning of Iron Age in Britain (until 43 AD).<ref>{{Cite web|title=BBC - History : British History Timeline|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/timeline/ironage_timeline_noflash.shtml|access-date=2021-03-11|website=www.bbc.co.uk|language=en-GB}}</ref>
*c. 800 BC—pharmaceutical production area active at [[Heraion Teikhos]], Thrace.<ref>{{cite web |last=Radley |first=Dario |title=Thracian ‘pharmaceutical production area’ unearthed at Heraion Teikhos, Turkey |url=https://archaeologymag.com/2024/01/thracian-pharmaceutical-production-area-turkey/ |website=Archaeology magazine |access-date=18 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240122070503/https://archaeologymag.com/2024/01/thracian-pharmaceutical-production-area-turkey/ |archive-date=2024-01-22 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Deaths ==
* 804 BC—[[Duke Wen of Qi]], ruler of the state of Qi<ref name="shiji">{{cite web |author=Sima Qian |author-link=Sima Qian |script-title=zh:齐太公世家 |trans-title=House of Duke Tai of Qi |url=http://www.guoxue.com/shibu/24shi/shiji/sj_032.htm |accessdate=14 May 2012 |work=[[Records of the Grand Historian]] |publisher=Guoxue.com |language=Chinese}}</ref><ref name="han">{{cite book |title=Shiji ''(史记)'' |publisher=Zhonghua Book Company |year=2010 |isbn=978-7-101-07272-3 |editor=Han Zhaoqi (韩兆琦) |location=Beijing |pages=2512–2514 |language=Chinese}}</ref>
* 804 BC—[[Pedubast I|Pedubastis I]], pharaoh
*800 BC—[[Xiong Xun]], monarch of the state of [[Chu (state)|Chu]] during the [[Western Zhou dynasty]] of ancient China.
*c. 800 BC—[[Hasanlu Lovers]], pair of human remains found at [[Teppe Hasanlu]], possibly a couple.<ref name=":0" />

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Greek Colonization Archaic Period.png|[[Greek colonisation]] in the [[Archaic Greece|Archaic period]].
File:Etruscan civilization map.png|[[Etruscan civilisation|Etruscan civilization]] map.
File:EN-WesternZhouStates.jpg|[[Western Zhou]] States Map.
</gallery>

==References==
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