Politics & PowerThe 8th century BCE

Politics & Power in the 8th century BCE

One event in the Terralore archive falls in the 8th century BCE, tagged politics and power — dynasties, constitutions, revolutions and changes of regime. It keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
1
Nations
1
Earliest
714 BCE
Latest
714 BCE

Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.

  1. 8th century BCEAsia

    Armenia

    Urartu at its height

    In the 9th and 8th centuries BCE the kingdom of Urartu, centred on Lake Van, became a major power of the Middle East before being succeeded in the region by the Armenians.

    Era: Urartu and the Armenian Kingdom

    Sources: Urartu · Encyclopædia Britannica