Centuries: 9th century BC - 8th century BC - 7th century BC
Decades: 800s BC 790s BC 780s BC 770s BC 760s BC - 750s BC - 740s BC 730s BC 720s BC 710s BC 700s BC
750s BC - Events and trends.
756 BC - Founding of Cyzicus.
755 BC - Ashur-nirari V succeeds Ashur-Dan III as king of Assyria
755 BC - Aeschylus, King of Athens, dies after a reign of 23 years and is succeeded by Alcmaeon.
753 BC - Alcmaeon, King of Athens, dies after a reign of 2 years. He is re ...
Centuries: 10th century BC - 9th century BC - 8th century BC
Decades: 870s BC 860s BC 850s BC 840s BC 830s BC - 820s BC - 810s BC 800s BC 790s BC 780s BC 770s BC
820s BC - Events and trends.
827 BC - Zhou xuan wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
825 BC - Takelot II, king of Egypt, dies. Crown Prince Osorkon III and Shoshenq III, sons of Takelot, battle for the throne.
825/824 BC - Ariphron, King of Athens, dies after a reign of 20 years and is succee ...
This period is characterised by the country's fracturing kingship. Even in Rameses's day, his dynasty (the Twentieth) was losing its grip on power in the city of Thebes, whose priests were becoming increasingly powerful. After his death, his successor Smendes I ruled from the city of Tanis. In fact this division is less significant than it seems since both priests and pharaohs came from the same family.
The country was firmly reunited by the Twenty-Second Dynasty founded by Shoshenq I in 945 BC (or 943 BC), whom many, especially those ...
