8th century BC

(9th century BC - 8th century BC - 7th century BC - other centuries)

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Events:

• Golden age in Armenia
• Assyria conquers Damascus and Samaria
• Nineveh destroyed (789)
• First Olympic Games held in Greece (776)
• Rome founded (753)
• Greeks colonizing mediterranean

Significant persons:

Inventions, Discoveries, Introductions

• Olmecs builds pyramids( 800s BC )
• The Greek poem Illiad (around 750s BC )
• Chinese record solar eclipse

Decades and Years

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790s BC	799 BC	798 BC	797 BC	796 BC	795 BC	794 BC	793 BC	792 BC	791 BC	790 BC
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770s BC	779 BC	778 BC	777 BC	776 BC	775 BC	774 BC	773 BC	772 BC	771 BC	770 BC
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730s BC	739 BC	738 BC	737 BC	736 BC	735 BC	734 BC	733 BC	732 BC	731 BC	730 BC
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