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{{Short description|Decade}}
This article concerns the period '''789 BC – 780 BC'''.
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==Events and trends==
* 783 BC—[[Shalmaneser IV]] succeeds his father [[Adad-nirari III]] as king of [[Assyria]].
* 782 BC—Founding of [[Erebuni Fortress]] by the orders of King [[Argishtis I of Urartu]] at the site of current-day [[Yerevan]], [[Armenia]]
* 782 BC—Death of [[King Xuan of Zhou]], king of the [[Zhou dynasty]] of [[China]].{{fact|date=January 2025}}
* 781 BC—[[King You of Zhou]] becomes king of the [[Zhou dynasty]] of [[China]].{{fact|date=January 2025}}
* 781 BC—Some say the oldest date-verified Chinese recording of a [[Solar eclipse|Solar Eclipse]] happened on June 4th of this year, but others argue that it was in 735 BC. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Recording on the Chinese Solar Eclipse |url=https://academic.oup.com/pasj/article/56/5/869/1461869 |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=academic.oup.com}}</ref>
*780–[[560s BC|560 BC]]—The Establishment of The Greek Colonies.<ref>{{Cite web|title=World History 900-700 BC|url=https://www.historycentral.com/dates/900bc.html|access-date=2021-03-11|website=www.historycentral.com}}</ref>

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