780s BC

This article concerns the period 789 BC – 780 BC.

Events and trends

783 BC—Shalmaneser IV succeeds his father Adad-nirari III as king of Assyria.
782 BC—Founding of Erebuni (Էրեբունի) by the orders of King Argishtis I at the site of current-day Yerevan.
782 BC—Death of Zhou xuan wang, king of the Zhou dynasty of China.
781 BC—Zhou you wang becomes king of the Zhou dynasty of China.
780–560 BC—The Establishment of The Greek Colonies.^[1]

Millennium
1st millennium BC
Centuries
9th century BC 8th century BC 7th century BC
Decades
800s BC 790s BC 780s BC 770s BC 760s BC
Years
789 BC 788 BC 787 BC 786 BC 785 BC 784 BC 783 BC 782 BC 781 BC 780 BC
Categories
Deaths
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