800s BC (decade)

Events and trends

• 804 BC—Adad-nirari III of Assyria led a campaign into Syria and Palestine, reaching Gaza.
• c. 800 BC—Greek Dark Ages end.
• c. 800 BC—Archaic period in Greece begins.
• From c. 800 BC – The Upanishads are composed.
• c. 800 BC–700 BC—Pre-Etruscan period in Italy.
• Etruscan civilization.
• The Olmecs build pyramids.
• 800 BC—End of the reign of Polydectes, king of Sparta from 830 BC.
• 800 BC—Beginning of the reign of Eunomus, king of Sparta until 780 BC.
• 800 BC—Emergence of the first communities settled in the Chincha Valley, pertaining to Paracas culture in the south coast of Peru.
• c. 800 BC—End of Period IVB, Hasanlu is completely destroyed by a fire.
• c. 800 BC—The Greek Colonization of the Mediterranean & Black Sea.
• c. 800 BC—Homer of Greece writes his Iliad and Odyssey.
• c. 800 BC—Assyrian army makes a use of the new technology by which iron can be hardened into steel suitable for weapons.
• c. 800 BC—Earliest surviving sundial is in use in Egypt.
• c. 800 BC—Beginning of Iron Age in Britain.
• c. 800 BC—pharmaceutical production area active at Heraion Teikhos, Thrace.

  Deaths

• 804 BC—Duke Wen of Qi, ruler of the state of Qi
• 804 BC—Pedubastis I, pharaoh
• 800 BC—Xiong Xun, monarch of the state of Chu during the Western Zhou dynasty of ancient China.
• c. 800 BC—Hasanlu Lovers, pair of human remains found at Teppe Hasanlu, possibly a couple.