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.
• Nazarites and Rechabites establish early temperance movement.

Significant people

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