800s BC (decade)

Template:Short description This article concerns the period 809 BC – 800 BC. Template:Decadebox BC Template:Year nav Template:BC year in topic

Events and trends

• 804 BC—Adad-nirari III of Assyria led a campaign into Syria and Palestine, reaching Gaza.<ref>Template:Cite EBO</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.)Template:Fact
• From c. 800 BC – The Upanishads are composed.
• c. 800 BC–700 BC—Pre-Etruscan period in Italy.
• Etruscan civilization.
• The Olmecs build pyramids.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

• 800 BC—End of the reign of Polydectes, king of Sparta from 830 BC.
• 800 BC—Beginning of the reign of Eunomus, king of Sparta until 780 BC.
• 800 BC—Emergence of the first communities settled in the Chincha Valley (Peru), pertaining to Paracas culture in the south coast of Peru.
• c. 800 BC—End of Period IVB, Hasanlu (Iran) is completely destroyed by a fire.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref>
• c. 800 BC—The Greek Colonization of the Mediterranean & Black Sea.<ref name=":1" />
• c. 800 BC—Homer of Greece writes his Iliad and Odyssey. ( - 700 BCE)<ref name=":1">Template:Cite web</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">Template:Cite web</ref>
• c. 800 BC—Beginning of Iron Age in Britain (until 43 AD).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• c. 800 BC—pharmaceutical production area active at Heraion Teikhos, Thrace.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Deaths

• 804 BC—Duke Wen of Qi, ruler of the state of Qi<ref name="shiji">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="han">Template:Cite book</ref>
• 804 BC—Pedubastis I, pharaoh
• 800 BC—Xiong Xun, monarch of the state of 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

• Greek colonisation in the Archaic period.
  Greek colonisation in the Archaic period.
• Etruscan civilization map.
  Etruscan civilization map.
• Western Zhou States Map.
  Western Zhou States Map.