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David captures Jerusalem from the fiercely independent Canaanite tribe of Jebusites in c. 1000 BC. He moves his capital to Jerusalem and lives in the Fortress of Zion which he calls the City of David. 2 Sam 5:6-10 -
King Solomon the Wise, successor of David was probably the wisest person ever to live. He built the first temple to Yahweh, the Temple of Solomon in 957 BC. He was also very rich as Yahweh blessed him with great wisdom and wealth. -
After the death of King Solomon, the Kingdom of Israel is split into two parts, the northern kingdom of Israel, and the southern kingdom of Judah. Judah includes the tribes of Benjamin and Judah, and the kingdom of Israel has the rest of the original 12 tribes. The first king of Judah is Rehoboam, son of Solomon, and the first king of the northern kingdom is Jeraboam, son of Nabat. -
King Ahab was the seventh king of Israel and husband to Jesabel of Sidon. He was a very wicked king along with Jesabel and was famously challenged by Elijah the prophet of Jehovah on the mountain to have Ahab repent from serving the false god Baal. -
An exceptionally high flood of the Nile covers the floors of and destroys the temple of Luxor. -
A civil war breaks out in Egypt. -
The Adena culture is prominent in the Northeastern United States. -
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From 780 BC to 560 BC, the Greeks began to send settlers to Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey) to colonize. -
According to legend, the first ancient Olympics was held on 776. -
End of the Western Zhou Dynasty in China as "western" barbarian tribes sack the capital, Hao. King You of Zhou is killed. -
Beginning of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty in China as King Ping of Zhou becomes the first King of the Zhou to rule from the new capital of Zhengzhou. -
According to legend, Rome was founded by Romulus who, according to stories, he and his brother Remus were placed in a basket in the river by their parents and were found and raised by a she-wolf, until a shepherd found them. -
King Tiglath-Pileser III of Assyria invades Israel, forcing it to pay tribute. -
The Assyrian captivity (or the Assyrian exile) is the period in the history of ancient Israel during which several thousand Israelites from the Kingdom of Israel were forcibly relocated by the Neo-Assyrian Empire. -
King Hezekiah of Judah, backed by Egypt, revolts against King Sennacherib of Assyria. Sennacherib sacks many cities but fails in his attempt to take Jerusalem. -
Esarhaddon leads the Assyrian army against rebellious Arab tribes, advances as far as the Brook of Egypt. -
Nineveh, the capital of Assyria becomes the largest city in the world, taking the lead from Thebes in Egypt. -
The traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. -
The Achaemenid Dynasty in Persia begins which would eventually become one of the greatest empires ever recorded in world history by Cyrus the Great. -
Nabopolassar revolts against Assyria, founds the Neo-Babylonian Empire. -
Greek lawgiver Draco establishes a written but harsh code of laws to punish trivial and serious crimes in Athens. -
The Babylonians and the Medes (Media) come together and sack the Assyrian capital Nineveh, thus marking the end of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. -
King Josiah of Judah dies in the Battle of Megiddo against Pharaoh Necho II of Egypt, who is on his way north to aid the rump Assyrian state of Ashur-uballit II. -
Foundation of Milan by Celts. -
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon are built by Nebuchadnezzar ll.