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Encyclopedia > 860 BC

Centuries: 10th century BC - 9th century BC - 8th century BC


Decades: 910s BC 900s BC 890s BC 880s BC 870s BC - 860s BC - 850s BC 840s BC 830s BC 820s BC 810s BC

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  • 865 BC - Kar Kalmaneser was conquered by the Assyrian king Shalmaneser III
  • 864 BC - Diognetus, King of Athens dies after a reign of 28 years and is succeeded by his son Pherecles.
  • 863 BC - The city of Bath is founded. It is named after the leprosy-curing hotsprings there.
  • 860 BC - The kingdom of Urartu is unified.

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9th century BC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (722 words)
895 BC - Death of Zhou xiao wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
860 BC - The kingdom of Urartu is unified.
820 BC - Pygmalion ascends the throne of Tyre.
Urartu (90 words)
The existence of the country dates from around 1000 BC, first as a group of emirates but forming a unified kingdom by 860 BC.
It was defeated by the Scythians in 585 BC.
Tushpa, the capital of the kingdom, was located at Van on the shore of Lake Van.
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