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(Top) Events and trends. 980s BC. The 980s BC is a decade which lasted from 989 BC to 980 BC. Events and trends. 984 BC — Osorkon the Elder succeeds Amenemope as king of Egypt. 982 BC —The end of first period ( 1197 BC – 982 BC) by Sau Yung 's concept of the I Ching and history.
998 BC—King David establishes Jerusalem as the capital of the Kingdom of Israel. 994 BC—Archippus, Archon of Athens dies after a reign of 19 years and is succeeded by his son Thersippus. 993 BC—Amenemope succeeds Psusennes I as king of Egypt. Significant people. Tiglath-Pileser II, king of Assyria, is born (approximate date).
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The Neo-Assyrian Empire dominates the Near East in the early centuries of the millennium, supplanted by the Achaemenid Empire in the 6th century. Ancient Egypt is in decline, and fallsto the Achaemenids in 525 BC. In Greece, Classical Antiquity begins with the colonization of Magna Graecia and peaks with the conquest of the Achaemenids and the subs...
Timeline
1. 10th century BC 1.1. Near East: Neo-Assyrian Empire 1.2. Near East: Shoshenq I invades Canaan 1.3. Aegean: Helladicperiod ends 1.4. Sub-Saharan Africa West: Nok Culture slowly diffuse discernible ceramic sculpting, iron metallurgy and cereal farming cultures through the Niger Delta region, though debatable possible settling period and or foundation of proto Ile-Ife 2. 9th century BC 2.1. Chavín culturein Peru 2.2. Egypt: 872 BC: Nile floods the Temple of Luxor 2.3. Egypt: 836 BC: Civil war...
Inventions, discoveries, introductions
1. 8th century BC 1.1. Greek alphabet, the first alphabet with vowels. 2. 7th century BC 2.1. Trireme 3. 6th century BC 3.1. paved trackway 3.2. Pythagorean theorem 3.3. Monotheism 4. 5th century BC 4.1. Blast furnaceChina 4.2. Atomism 4.3. crossbow 4.4. siege engine 5. 4th century BC 5.1. formal grammar 5.2. Kyrenia ship 6. 3rd century BC 6.1. Lighthouse of Alexandria 6.2. Malleable Cast ironChina 6.3. buoyancy (Archimedes) 6.4. Spherical Earth 6.5. water clock 6.6. Qin built and unified var...
Literature
Greco-Roman literature Archaic period 1. Homer (late 8th or early 7th c.), Iliad, Odyssey 2. Hesiod (8th to 7th c.), Theogony and Works and Days 3. Archilochus(7th century), Greek poet 4. Sappho, (late 7th to early 6th c.), Greek poet 5. Ibycus 6. Alcaeus of Mytilene 7. Aesop's Fables Classical period 1. Aeschylus(c. 525–455 BC), Greek playwright 2. Herodotus (484–425 BC), Histories 3. Euripides(c. 480–406 BC), Greek playwright 4. Xenophon: Anabasis, Cyropaedia 5. Aristotle (384–322 BC), corp...
Temple, Robert (1986). The Genius of China: 3000 years of science, discovery and invention. New York: Simon and Schuster. Based on the works of Joseph NeedhamZimmer, Heinrich (1952), Joseph Campbell (ed.), Philosophy of India, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd, Not in copyright980s BC To a decade : This is a redirect from a year (or years) to to the associated decade article. Years from 1700 to 500 BCE should redirect to the relevant decade per Wikipedia:Timeline standards .
The Fan of History talks about the events in the world of the 980s BC.Siamun becomes the Pharaoh of Egypt and looks outside Egypt (before the sack of Gezer)....
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