8th century BC, 8th century BC - Events, 8th century BC - Inventions, discoveries, introductions, 8th century BC - Overview, 8th century BC - Significant persons
(2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium)
8th century BC - Overview.
8th century BC - Events.
Assyria conquers Damascus and Samaria
Nineveh destroyed (789 BC)
First recorded Olympic Games held in Greece (776 BC)
Zhou Dynasty moved its capital to Luoyang (771 BC); The Spring and Autumn Period (771-481 BC) began.
According to tradition, Rome founded (753 BC, 21 April)
Destruction of the Kingdom of Israel by Assyrian ...
