850s BC
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| Millennia: | 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 - State leaders - Sovereign states Establishments - Disestablishments |
[edit] Events and trends
- 859 BC — Assurnasirpal II died.
- 859 BC — Shalmaneser attacked 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 writes 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.
- Nazarites and Rechabites establish early temperance movement.
