Century · 800 BCE – 701 BCE
The world in the 8th century BCE
From 800 BCE to 701 BCE the atlas holds 117 states standing at some time, 25 of them founded in it - Ancient Rome and Etruscan civilization the best known - and 14 ending in it. 9 wars, risings, treaties, discoveries and other events began - Messenian Wars, First Messenian War and Lelantine War the best known of the events; 36 people were born.
A century here is counted as Wikidata counts it, 800 BCE to 701 BCE, and holds every row that began in it, however coarsely dated.
What began in the 8th century BCE
By decade first - wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey - then by kind, the best known first.
Wars and battles 9
- Messenian Wars · war · 743 – 454 BCE
- First Messenian War · war · 743 – 724 BCE
- Lelantine War · war · 710 – 650 BCE
- Assyrian siege of Jerusalem · battle · 701 BCE
- Syro-Ephraimite War · war · 736 – 732 BCE
- Siege of Lachish · battle · 701 BCE
- Urartu–Assyria War · war · 714 BCE
- Battle of Xuge · battle · 707 BCE
and 1 more in the atlas.
States founded and fallen
Founded 25
- Ancient Rome · state · 753 BCE – 476 CE
- Etruscan civilization · state · 750 – 265 BCE
- Roman Kingdom · state · 753 – 509 BCE
- Gandhara · state · 751 BCE – 535 CE
- Spring and Autumn period · state · 771 – 476 BCE
- Classical Athens · state · 701 BCE
- Scythia · state · 800 – 400 BCE
- Chu (state) · state · 722 – 223 BCE
- Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt · state · 715 – 656 BCE
- Kosala · state · 701 – 501 BCE
- Twenty-fourth Dynasty of Egypt · state · 727 – 715 BCE
- Yan (state) · state · 750 – 223 BCE
- Eastern Zhou · state · 771 – 256 BCE
- Avanti · state · 701 – 301 BCE
and 11 more in the atlas.
Ended 14
- Kingdom of Israel (Samaria) · state · 930 – 720 BCE
- Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt · state · 945 – 715 BCE
- Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt · state · 818 – 715 BCE
- Twenty-fourth Dynasty of Egypt · state · 727 – 715 BCE
- Western Zhou · state · 1046 – 771 BCE
- Aram-Damascus · state · 1201 – 734 BCE
- Neo-Hittite states · state · 1201 – 701 BCE
- Kingdom of Awsan · state · 801 – 701 BCE
- Diauehi · state · 1201 – 760 BCE
- Ḫiyawa · state · 901 – 701 BCE
- Bit Agusi · state · 901 – 743 BCE
- Pattin · state · 1001 – 738 BCE
- Western Guo · state · 1046 – 767 BCE
- Ellipi · state · 801 – 701 BCE
Born in the 8th century BCE
The best known first, by how many Wikipedias write about them.
- Hesiod · poet · 776 – 701 BCE
- Isaiah · prophet · 766 – 686 BCE
- Daniel · religious leader · 701 – 601 BCE
- Sennacherib · ruler · 745 – 681 BCE
- Numa Pompilius · politician · 753 – 671 BCE
- Emperor Jimmu · monarch · 711 – 585 BCE
- Hezekiah · monarch · 741 – 686 BCE
- Tullus Hostilius · politician · 710 – 642 BCE
- Cyaxares · military leader · 701 – 585 BCE
- Sargon II · ruler · 765 – 705 BCE
- Astyages · ruler · 701 – 550 BCE
- Romulus · politician · 771 – 717 BCE
- Lucius Tarquinius Priscus · politician · 701 – 578 BCE
- Ahaz · monarch · 763 – 727 BCE
- Tyrtaeus · poet · 701 BCE
- Deioces · ruler · 706 – 675 BCE
- Manasseh of Judah · monarch · 709 – 642 BCE
- Necho II · monarch · 701 – 595 BCE
- Jotham · monarch · 783 – 732 BCE
- Taharqa · statesperson · 721 – 664 BCE
- Hoshea · monarch · 759 – 723 BCE
- Phraortes · ruler · 701 – 633 BCE
- Psamtik II · statesperson · 701 – 589 BCE
- Aššur-etil-ilāni · ruler · 701 – 627 BCE
and 12 more in the atlas.
States of the 8th century BCE
Every state that stood at some time in the 8th century BCE, by region, the best known first.
Europe11 states
- Ancient Greece · 1201 BCE – 600 CE
- Ancient Rome · 753 BCE – 476 CE
- Macedonia · 808 – 167 BCE
- Etruscan civilization · 750 – 265 BCE
- Roman Kingdom · 753 – 509 BCE
- Cimmerians · 900 – 601 BCE
- Colchis · 1701 – 164 BCE
- Classical Athens · 701 BCE
- Scythia · 800 – 400 BCE
- Alba Longa · 1201 – 673 BCE
- Illyrian kingdom · 701 – 135 BCE
Middle East and North Africa38 states
- Ancient Egypt · 4001 – 30 BCE
- Babylon · 1894 BCE – 1 CE
- Troy · 3000 BCE – 500 CE
- Assyria · 2025 – 609 BCE
- Phoenicia · 2500 – 64 BCE
- Babylonia · 1901 – 539 BCE
- Kingdom of Judah · 930 – 586 BCE
- Elam · 2700 – 539 BCE
- Lydia · 1200 – 546 BCE
- Urartu · 861 – 590 BCE
- Phrygia · 900 – 676 BCE
- Kingdom of Israel (Samaria) · 930 – 720 BCE
and 26 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.
South Asia17 states
- Magadha · 1201 – 345 BCE
- Gandhara · 751 BCE – 535 CE
- Kosala · 701 – 501 BCE
- Anga Kingdom · 1101 – 501 BCE
- Panchala · 901 – 401 BCE
- Avanti · 701 – 301 BCE
- Vajjika League · 701 – 401 BCE
- Videha · 851 – 501 BCE
- Surasena · 701 – 301 BCE
- Asmaka · 701 – 425 BCE
- Matsya · 701 – 301 BCE
- Vatsa · 701 – 301 BCE
and 5 more; every state of South Asia.
East and Southeast Asia25 states
- Zhou dynasty · 1101 – 256 BCE
- Spring and Autumn period · 771 – 476 BCE
- Old Chosŏn · 2333 – 108 BCE
- Chu (state) · 722 – 223 BCE
- Qin · 905 – 221 BCE
- Western Zhou · 1046 – 771 BCE
- Yan (state) · 750 – 223 BCE
- Qi (state) · 1045 – 221 BCE
- Lu · 1101 – 249 BCE
- Eastern Zhou · 771 – 256 BCE
- Jin (Chinese state) · 1101 – 376 BCE
- Wu · 901 – 473 BCE
and 13 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.
Americas and Oceania2 states
- Maya civilization · 2001 BCE – 1521 CE
- Zapotec civilization · 6701 BCE – 1201 CE
Location unknown24 states
- Kingdom of Awsan · 801 – 701 BCE
- Diauehi · 1201 – 760 BCE
- Qedarites · 801 – 201 BCE
- Licchavis of Vaishali · 701 – 468 BCE
- Parsua · 861 – 601 BCE
- Dao · 1001 – 222 BCE
- Deng · 1201 – 678 BCE
- Pattin · 1001 – 738 BCE
- Western Guo · 1046 – 767 BCE
- Ellipi · 801 – 701 BCE
- Hua · 771 – 627 BCE
- Dai (Spring and Autumn period) · 1001 – 457 BCE
and 12 more; every state of Location unknown.
Its decades and years
The decades and years with a page of their own.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 801 BCE – 701 BCE: every state, war and life of the 8th century BCE, region by region.
- On the map in 751 BCE: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.
Wikidata (CC0) · data built 2026-10-07 · Pastlas v2.13.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.