View source for 800 BC

{{Year nav|-800}}
{{BC year in topic|800}}
==Events==
*End of the reign of [[Polydectes of Sparta|Polydectes]], king of [[Sparta]] from 830 BC.
*Beginning of the reign of [[Eunomus (king of Sparta)|Eunomus]], king of Sparta until 780 BC.
*Emergence of the first communities settled in the [[Chincha culture|Chincha]] Valley (Peru), pertaining to [[Paracas culture|Paracas]] culture in the south coast of Peru.
*End of Period IVB, [[Teppe Hasanlu|Hasanlu]] is completely destroyed by a fire.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=The Hasanlu Lovers - Digital Collections - Penn Museum|url=https://www.penn.museum/collections/highlights/physicalanthro/the-lovers.php#:~:text=At%20the%20end%20of%20Period,summer%20based%20on%20plant%20remains.|access-date=2021-03-11|website=www.penn.museum}}</ref>
*The Greek Colonization of the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]] & [[Black Sea]].<ref name=":1" />
*[[Archaic Greece|Archaic period of Greece]] ( - 500 BCE).<ref name=":1" />
*[[Homer]] of Greece writes his [[Iliad]] and [[Odyssey]]. ( - 700 BCE)<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Greece Timeline|url=https://www.worldhistory.org/timeline/greece/|access-date=2021-03-11|website=[[World History Encyclopedia]]}}</ref>
*[[Assyrian army]] makes a use of the new technology by which [[iron]] can be hardened into [[steel]] suitable for weapons.<ref name=":2" />
*Earliest surviving sundial is in use in [[Egypt]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=HistoryWorld - World History Timeline|url=http://www.historyworld.net/timesearch/default.asp?conid=static_timeline&timelineid=537&page=8&keywords=World%20History%20timeline|access-date=2021-03-11|website=www.historyworld.net}}</ref>
*Beginning of Iron Age in Britain (until 43 AD).<ref>{{Cite web|title=BBC - History : British History Timeline|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/timeline/ironage_timeline_noflash.shtml|access-date=2021-03-11|website=www.bbc.co.uk|language=en-GB}}</ref>
*Heraion Teikhos Pharmaceutical Production Center was built.
==Deaths==
*[[Xiong Xun]], monarch of the state of [[Chu (state)|Chu]] during the [[Western Zhou dynasty]] of ancient China.
*[[Hasanlu Lovers]], pair of human remains found at [[Teppe Hasanlu]], possibly a couple.<ref name=":0" />
==References==
{{reflist}}
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Greek Colonization Archaic Period.png|[[Greek colonisation]] in the [[Archaic Greece|Archaic period]].
File:Etruscan civilization map.png|[[Etruscan civilisation|Etruscan civilization]] map.
File:EN-WesternZhouStates.jpg|[[Western Zhou]] States Map.
</gallery>
{{DEFAULTSORT:800 Bc}}
[[Category:8th century BC| ]]
{{BC-year-stub}}