| Date |
1st |
Place |
Event |
| 800 |
|
Spain |
Greeks settle on
coast. |
| |
|
Italy |
Etruscans move into
Italy, bringing urban civilization of high order; introduce hand cranks
and horse-drawn chariots. |
| |
|
Assyria |
Clothes almost the same for men & women. |
| |
|
Judea |
Amaziah, king of
Judea, defeated by Israel, is killed in Judean rebellion. |
| |
|
Thebes |
A woman reigns as high priest. |
| |
|
Delphi |
Apollo is worshipped. |
| |
|
Greece |
Homer refers to highly
developed battlefield surgery. |
| |
Y |
|
First iron utensils. |
| 784 |
|
Israel |
Jeroboam II, last
important ruler of Israel to 744. |
| 776 |
Y |
Greece |
1st Olympic Games; will be celebrated every 4th year. |
| 775 |
Y |
China |
Solar eclipse of September 6 is the first authenticated
date in Chinese history. |
| 753 |
|
Rome |
Foundation of the city. |
| 750 |
|
Israel |
Amos, Hosea,
& Isaiah fight religious &
social issues. |
| |
|
India |
Medicine becomes divorced from priesthood; medical
training uses anatomical models. |
| 746 |
|
Assyria |
Tiglath-pileser III
subjugates Syria & Philistia. |
| |
|
Greece |
Hesiod |
| |
|
Babylon |
Astronomy understands planetary movements; new calendar
confirmed. |
| |
|
China |
Astronomy understands planetary movements; new calendar
confirmed. |
| |
|
Europe |
Hallstatt culture uses
spoked-wheels & horseshoes. |
| |
|
Assyria |
Animal bladders used as swimming aids in warfare. |
| 705 |
|
Egypt |
King Sennacherib of
Assyria defeats. |
| |
|
Judea |
King Sennacherib of
Assyria defeats. |
| 690 |
|
Judea |
Manasseh becomes king
to 638. |
| |
|
Greece |
The worship of Apollo
and Dionysus (later named Baccus)
and mysticisms such as Orphism gain
acceptance. |
| |
|
India |
Brahminic religion
defines six stages of the transmigration of the soul. |
| |
|
Judea |
Submits to Assyria. |
| |
|
|
King Assurbanipal
establishes famous library with over 22,000 clay tablets (history,
medicine, astronomy, astrology; movements of planets, and signs of
zodiac). |
| |
|
Assyria |
Water clocks used. |
| 640 |
|
Greece |
Solon, Athenian law
giver and statesman to 560. |
| 638 |
|
Judea |
Josiah becomes king to
608. |
| |
|
Judea |
Josiah revives Yahweh
worship in Jerusalem. |
| |
Y |
Greece |
1st written laws of Athens by Draco. |
| 630 |
|
Persia |
Zoroaster founds
movement (to 553). |
| |
|
Spain |
Kaleus is first to
sail through Straits of Gilbraltar (Pillars of Hercules). |
| |
|
|
Glaucus of Chios invents
soldering of iron. |
| |
|
Greece |
Acropolis in Athens is begun. |
| |
|
Babylon |
Nineveh becomes important trading center. |
| |
|
Judea |
Nebuchadnezzar II
makes Judea tributary. |
| |
|
Egypt |
Nebuchadnezzar II defeats
Egyptian army under Necho. |
| |
|
Babylon |
Marduk temple begun. |
