9th century BC
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Centuries: | 10th century BC - 9th century BC - 8th century BC |
Decades: | 00s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s |
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Overview
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Events
- Kingdom of Kush (900 BC)
- Battle of Karkar (853 BC) - An indecisive engagement between Assyrian king Shalmaneser II and a military alliance of the king of Damascus and lesser powers including the prince of Tyre
- Carthage founded by Phoenicians (813 BC)
- Beginning of the Iron Age in Central Europe, spread of the Proto-Celtic Hallstatt culture
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Significant persons
- Shalmaneser III, king of Assyria (858 - 824 BC)
- Homer, author of the Iliad and Odyssey (exact dates unknown)
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