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This article concerns the period '''859 BC – 850 BC'''.
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==Events and trends==
*859 BC—[[Assurnasirpal II]] dies.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Georges Roux |url=http://archive.org/details/ancientiraq00roux |title=Ancient Iraq |date=1993-03-01 |publisher=Penguin (Non-Classics) |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-14-012523-8 |pages=288}}</ref>
*859 BC—[[Shalmaneser III|Shalmaneser]] attacks [[Syria]] and [[Israel]].
*858 BC—[[Aramu]] becomes king of [[Urartu]].
*858 BC—[[Shalmaneser III]] succeeds [[Assurnasirpal II]] as king of [[Assyria]].
*854 BC or [[853 BC]]—[[Shalmaneser III]] battles a [[Syria]]n coalition (including king [[Ahab]] of [[Kingdom of Israel (Samaria)|Kingdom of Israel]] and [[Hadadezer]]) in the [[battle of Qarqar]].
*850 BC—[[Takelot II]] succeeds [[Osorkon II]] as King of [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]].
*c. 850 BC—[[Homer]] composes the ''[[Iliad]]'' and ''[[Odyssey]]''.
*c. 850 BC—[[Mesha]] erects the [[Mesha Stele]], the ''Moabite Stone''; the story is 34 lines, nearly complete and reveals the name 'Israel', a story of Mesha's revolt against the Kingdom of ancient Israel. 
*[[Nazarites]] and [[Rechabites]] establish early [[temperance movement]].

==Births==
* [[Shamshi-Adad V]], king of [[Assyria]], is born (approximate date).

==Deaths==
* [[Feizi]], 1st [[Qin (state)#Rulers|Ruler of Qin]]

== References ==
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