Historical and Political Snippets in Time
The following entries mark events of historical or political significance
over the period 900 B.C. through 801 B.C.
- -900 to -801
- Phoenicians settle in Cyprus
- Assurnasipal II, king of Assyria (-883 to -859)
- Samaria (formerly Sichem) rebuilt as capital of Israel in
-879, destroyed by Sargon II in -722
- Shalmaneser III, king of Assyria (-859 to -824)
- Dorians conquer city of Corinth
- Queen Samuramat of Assyria (-811 to -807), the legendary
Queen of Semiramis
- 23rd dynasty of Egypt (-800 to -730) in dual reign with
22nd
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