This MedLibrary.org supplementary page on 850 BC is provided directly from the open source Wikipedia as a service to our readers. Please see the note below on authorship of this content, as well as the Wikipedia usage guidelines. To search for other content from our encyclopedia supplement, please use the form below:
Related Sponsors
| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
| Centuries: | 10th century BC - 9th century BC - 8th century BC |
| Decades: | 880s BC 870s BC 860s BC - 850s BC - 840s BC 830s BC 820s BC |
| Years: | 859 BC 858 BC 857 BC 856 BC 855 BC 854 BC 853 BC 852 BC 851 BC 850 BC |
| Categories: | Births - Deaths - Architecture Establishments - Disestablishments |
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 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.
- 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.
Significant people
Wikipedia content modification information:
- This page was last modified on 16 November 2008, at 04:51.
Wikipedia Authorship and Review
Wikipedia content provided here is not reviewed directly by MedLibrary.org. Wikipedia content is authored by an open community of volunteers and is not produced by or in any way affiliated with MedLibrary.org.
Wikipedia Usage Guidelines
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article on "850 BC".
The URL for this specific entry is:
All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. (See Copyrights for details). Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.