850S BC

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Events and trends

Significant people

Events and trends

★ 859 BC — Assurnasirpal II died.

★ 859 BC — Shalmaneser attacked Syria and Palestine.

★ 858 BC — Aramu becomes king of Urartu.

★ 858 BC — Shalmaneser III succeeds Assurnasirpal II as king of Assyria.

★ 854 BC or 853 BC — Shalmaneser III battles a Syrian coalition (including king Ahab of Kingdom of Israel and Hadadezer) in the battle of Karkar.

★ 850 BC — Takelot II succeeds Osorkon II as King of Egypt.

★ c. 850 BC — Homer writes the Iliad and the Odyssey.

★ c. 850 BC — Assurnasirpal II killing lions, from the palace complex of Assurnasirpal II in Kalhu (modern Nimrud, Iraq) is made. It is now in The British Museum, London.

★ Nazarites and Rechabites establish early temperance movement.

Significant people

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