850s BC - The Encyclopedia

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

[edit] 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.

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