NationMaster - Encyclopedia: 9th century BCE

Kingdom of Kush (900 BC)
Battle of Karkar (853 BC) - An indecisive engagement between Assyrian king Shalmaneser II and a military alliance of the king of Damascus and lesser powers including the prince of Tyre
Carthage founded by Phoenicians (813 BC)

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Shalmaneser III, king of Assyria (858 - 824 BC)
Homer, author of the Iliad and Odyssey (exact dates unknown)

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Akkadian language (181 words)
	Semitic language, which served as the common language of peoples of the Middle East for about 300 years, from the 9th century until the 7th century BCE when Aramaic started to supplant it.
	Around 2300 BCE: The Akkadian language spreads during the reign of the Akkadian king, Sargon.
	9th century BCE: The Babylonian dialect of Akkadian has established itself as the lingua franca of the Middle East.

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