850s BC

Decade

This article concerns the period 859 BC – 850 BC.

Millennium
1st millennium BC
Centuries
  • 10th century BC
  • 9th century BC
  • 8th century BC
Decades
  • 870s BC
  • 860s BC
  • 850s BC
  • 840s BC
  • 830s BC
Years
  • 859 BC
  • 858 BC
  • 857 BC
  • 856 BC
  • 855 BC
  • 854 BC
  • 853 BC
  • 852 BC
  • 851 BC
  • 850 BC
Categories
  • Deaths
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  • t
  • e

Events and trends

  • 859 BC—Assurnasirpal II dies.[1]
  • 859 BC—Shalmaneser attacks Syria and Israel.
  • 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 Qarqar.
  • 850 BC—Takelot II succeeds Osorkon II as King of Egypt.
  • c. 850 BC—Homer composes the Iliad and Odyssey.
  • c. 850 BC—Mesha erects the Mesha Stele, the Moabite Stone; the story is 34 lines, nearly complete and reveals the name 'Israel', a story of Mesha's revolt against the Kingdom of ancient Israel.
  • Nazarites and Rechabites establish early temperance movement.

Births

Deaths

References

  1. ^ Georges Roux (1993-03-01). Ancient Iraq. Internet Archive. Penguin (Non-Classics). p. 288. ISBN 978-0-14-012523-8.