NationMaster - Encyclopedia: 851 BC

858 BC - Shalmaneser III succceeds Assurnasipal II as king of Assyria.
854 BC - Shalmaneser III defeats a Syrian coalition (including king Ahab of Israel) in the battle of Karkar (or 853 BC).
850 BC _Takelot II succeeds Osorkon II as King of Egypt.

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Homer writes Iliad and Odyssey. (approximate date)

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EUROPEAN HISTORY 1000 - 851 B.C. (2556 words)
	850 B.C) or (993-984 B.C.) of dynasty 21.
	984 B.C. The reign of Egyptian Libyan Pharaoh Osorkon (924-889 B.C) dynasty 22 or (984-978 B.C.) of dynasty 21.
	978 B.C. The reign of Pharaoh Siamun (978-959 B.C.) of dynasty 21.

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