850s BC
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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 the 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.