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| 883-859 BC |
| | | Assyria, during the reign of Ashurnasirpal II, once again recovers an extensive empire | |
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| c. 870 BC |
| | | Ashurnasirpal II creates a spectacular new capital at Nimrud (and claims to have had 69,574 guests at his palace-warming party) | |
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| c. 870 BC |
| | | An annual event in Assyria is the departure of the army in spring for an expedition of ruthless and brutal conquest | |
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| -868 BC |
| | | Ashburbanipal II extracts tribute from the cities of Phoenicia, beginning a period of Assyrian domination of the region | |
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| -853 BC |
| | | Gindibu brings 1000 Arab warriors on camels to do battle at Karkar (the first known reference to Arabs as a distinct group) | |
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| c. -850 BC |
| | | Citium, in Cyprus, is the first of many Phoenician colonies in the Mediterranean | |
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| c. -850 BC |
| | | The Assyrians develop the battering ram into a mobile and powerful siege engine | |
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| c. -850 BC |
| | | The technique of glazing pottery is discovered in Mesopotamia, though used at this stage only for decorative purposes | |
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| c. -814 BC |
| | | The traditional date of the founding of Carthage (supposedly by the mythical queen Dido, but in practice by Phoenicians) | |
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| c. -800 BC |
| | | The Assyrian army makes good use of the new technology by which iron can be hardened into steel suitable for weapons | |
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