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Events relating to asia
Samson is one of many Hebrew chieftains fighting the Philistines for possession of Canaan
The Zhou defeat the Shang, and establish a new dynasty with a capital at Ch'ang-an (now Xi'an)
Saul, anointed king of Israel by Samuel, establishes himself at Gibeah, just north of Jerusalem
The Jews write down the Torah, the earliest part of the text subsequently known to Christians as the Old Testament
Petra acquires importance and wealth from its position on caravan routes from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean
The Israelites, settled in Canaan, become the first people in history to decide that their god is the only god
The abacus is used as an everyday method of calculation by Phoenicians and Babylonians
The Israelites are defeated by the Philistines on Mount Gilboa, with Saul and three of his sons dying during or after the battle
The nomadic fighters of the steppes, nimble on horseback and shooting arrows as they go, pioneer the techniques of cavalry warfare
Iron reheated with carbon is found to be much harder, being transformed into steel
David, already king of Judah and now anointed king of Israel, brings into one realm the twelve tribes of the Israelites
David captures Jerusalem, which he makes his capital - bringing here the ark of the covenant
Hiram, the Phoenician king of Tyre, is an enthusiastic trading partner of King David in Jerusalem, and later of Solomon
Solomon becomes king of Israel and presides over a period of peace and prosperity
Solomon, the king of Israel, builds the first Temple in Jerusalem
Wood from the famous cedars of Lebanon is only one of the many luxury goods traded by the Phoenicians
Solomon's son Rehoboam is unable to prevent the ten northern tribes going their own way, under the leadership of Jeroboam
Assyria, during the reign of Ashurnasirpal II, once again recovers an extensive empire
Ashurnasirpal II creates a spectacular new capital at Nimrud (and claims to have had 69,574 guests at his palace-warming party)
An annual event in Assyria is the departure of the army in spring for an expedition of ruthless and brutal conquest
Citium, in Cyprus, is the first of many Phoenician colonies in the Mediterranean
The technique of glazing pottery is discovered in Mesopotamia, though used at this stage only for decorative arts arts purposes
