800 to 700
Under Construction
[Video Introduction of Session]
Outline
Course The Ancient Centuries Before 400 BC
Session 5 Topics
Topic 1 Solar Eclipses
Topic 2 Western China Overrun
Topic 3 First Olympics
Topic 4 Assyrian Revolts
Topic 5 Rome’s Beginnings
Other Sessions
Headlines
| YEAR | EVENTS |
|---|---|
| 800 | Central Europe: Iron Age Begins |
| 800 | Northern Italy: Etruscan Society Begins |
| 788 | Kadah, Malay Peninsula: Iron and Trading Port stablished |
| 780 | China: First Record of Solar Eclipse |
| 778 | Greece: First Olympics |
| 771 | China: Barbarians Overrun Western Part |
| 763 | Middle East: Jun 15: We Use Solar Eclipse Used to Fix Dates for Region |
| 760 | Greece: Homer Lived |
| 753 | Rome: Traditional Founding of City |
| 750 | Jerusalem: Grows from Village to City |
| 734 | Sicily: Syracuse Founded |
| 732 | Israel: Hosea Last King Begins Reign |
| 728 | Egypt: Nubia Invades All the Way to the Delta |
| 727 | Babylon: City Declares Independence from Assyria |
| 722 | Israel: Assyria Destroys Israel; Judah Remains |
| 717 | Turkey: Assyria Conquers Hittite Stronghold |
| 701 | Palestine: Judah Backed by Egypt Revolts Against Assyria |
| 700 | Greece: Greeks Develop Writing |
| YEAR | EVENTS |
Concepts
- Using solar eclipses to date ancient history.
- Limits of using terror to control an empire.
- Sports as an important part of culture.
More Information
From the History Moments Library
| YEAR | TITLE | AUTHOR(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 753 | The Foundation of Rome | Barthold Georg Niebuhr |
| YEAR | TITLE | AUTHOR(s) |