8th century BC

Millennium: 1st millennium BC
Centuries: 9th century BC · 8th century BC · 7th century BC
Decades: 790s BC 780s BC 770s BC 760s BC 750s BC
740s BC 730s BC 720s BC 710s BC 700s BC
Categories: Births – Deaths
Establishments – Disestablishments

The 8th century BC started the first day of 800 BC and ended the last day of 701 BC.

Contents

Overview

The 8th century BC was a period of great changes in civilizations. In Egypt, the 23rd and 24th dynasties led to rule from Nubia in the 25th Dynasty. The Neo-Assyrian Empire reaches the peak of its power, conquering the Kingdom of Israel as well as nearby countries.

Greece colonizes other regions of the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea. Rome is founded in 753 BC, and the Etruscan civilization expands in Italy. The 8th century BC is conventionally taken as the beginning of Classical Antiquity, with the first Olympiad set at 776 BC, and the epics of Homer dated to the period.

Iron Age India enters the later Vedic period. Vedic ritual is annotated in many priestly schools in Brahmana commentaries, and the earliest Upanishads mark the beginning of Vedanta philosophy.

Events

Significant persons

Although many human societies were literate at this time, some of the individuals mentioned below must be considered legendary rather than historical.

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

Decades and years

8th century BC
10th century BC←9th century BC← ↔ →7th century BC→6th century BC

809–800 BC 809 BC 808 BC 807 BC 806 BC 805 BC 804 BC 803 BC 802 BC 801 BC 800 BC
790s BC 799 BC 798 BC 797 BC 796 BC 795 BC 794 BC 793 BC 792 BC 791 BC 790 BC
780s BC 789 BC 788 BC 787 BC 786 BC 785 BC 784 BC 783 BC 782 BC 781 BC 780 BC
770s BC 779 BC 778 BC 777 BC 776 BC 775 BC 774 BC 773 BC 772 BC 771 BC 770 BC
760s BC 769 BC 768 BC 767 BC 766 BC 765 BC 764 BC 763 BC 762 BC 761 BC 760 BC
750s BC 759 BC 758 BC 757 BC 756 BC 755 BC 754 BC 753 BC 752 BC 751 BC 750 BC
740s BC 749 BC 748 BC 747 BC 746 BC 745 BC 744 BC 743 BC 742 BC 741 BC 740 BC
730s BC 739 BC 738 BC 737 BC 736 BC 735 BC 734 BC 733 BC 732 BC 731 BC 730 BC
720s BC 729 BC 728 BC 727 BC 726 BC 725 BC 724 BC 723 BC 722 BC 721 BC 720 BC
710s BC 719 BC 718 BC 717 BC 716 BC 715 BC 714 BC 713 BC 712 BC 711 BC 710 BC
709–700 BC 709 BC 708 BC 707 BC 706 BC 705 BC 704 BC 703 BC 702 BC 701 BC 700 BC
690s BC 699 BC 698 BC 697 BC 696 BC 695 BC 694 BC 693 BC 692 BC 691 BC 690 BC