8th century BC

(9th century BC - 8th century BC - 7th century BC - other centuries)

(800s BC - 790s BC - 780s BC - 770s BC - 760s BC - 750s BC - 740s BC - 730s BC - 720s BC - 710s BC - 700s BC - other decades)

(2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium AD)

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Events:

• Golden age in Armenia
• Assyria conquers Damascus and Samaria
• Nineveh destroyed (789 BC)
• First Olympic Games held in Greece (776 BC)
• According to tradition, Rome founded (753 BC)
• Greeks colonizing mediterranean

Significant persons:

• Midas (King of Phrygia)

Inventions, Discoveries, Introductions

• Olmecs builds pyramids( 800s BC )
• The Greek poem Iliad (around 750s BC )
• Chinese record solar eclipse