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8th century BC
(9th century BC - 8th century BC - 7th century BC - other centuries)
Events:
(800s BC - 790s BC - 780s BC - 770s BC - 760s BC - 750s BC - 740s BC - 730s BC - 720s BC - 710s BC - 700s BC - other decades)
(2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium AD)
Events:
- Golden age in Armenia
- Assyria conquers Damascus and Samaria
- Nineveh destroyed (789 BC)
- First Olympic Games held in Greece (776 BC)
- According to tradition, Rome founded (753 BC)
- Greeks colonizing mediterranean
Significant persons:
Inventions, Discoveries, Introductions
- Olmecs builds pyramids( 800s BC )
- The Greek poem Iliad (around 750s BC )
- Chinese record solar eclipse
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