A world chronology · 899–800 BCE

The 9th century BCE

5 sourced events, 5 nations, in the order they happened.

Every record below is drawn from the chronicle of the nation it belongs to, with the same citations. Read down for the whole period, or jump to a stretch of it; within each year the world is grouped by continent.

Asia
2 events · 2 nations
Africa
1 event · 1 nation
North America
1 event · 1 nation
South America
1 event · 1 nation

2 events · 2 nations

900–891 BCE

900 BCE2 records

North America

  1. GTM

    Guatemala · Formation · c. 900-300 BCE

    Tikal settled in the Peten

    A village forms at Tikal in the Middle Formative period and grows into a ceremonial centre of the lowland Maya.

    The Maya Heartland

    Sources: Tikal (Encyclopaedia Britannica) · Tikal National Park (UNESCO World Heritage Centre)

South America

  1. PER

    Peru · Religion · c. 900 BCE

    Rise of Chavin de Huantar

    The highland temple of Chavin de Huantar becomes a centre of pilgrimage and oracle, spreading a powerful religious art and ideology across the central Andes.

    Caral and the Great Andean Civilisations

    Sources: Chavin (Archaeological Site) (UNESCO World Heritage Centre) · Peru: History (Encyclopaedia Britannica)

1 event · 1 nation

840–831 BCE

840 BCE1 record

Asia

  1. JOR

    Jordan · Culture & Ideas · c. 9th century BCE

    The Mesha Stele of Moab

    King Mesha of Moab erected a stone inscription recording his wars and building works, one of the earliest royal inscriptions from the lands east of the Jordan.

    The Kingdoms East of the Jordan: Ammon, Moab and Edom

    Sources: Jordan: History (Encyclopaedia Britannica) · Jordan: A Country Study (Library of Congress, Federal Research Division)

2 events · 2 nations

820–811 BCE

814 BCE2 records

Africa

  1. TUN

    Tunisia · Formation · c. 814 BCE

    Foundation of Carthage

    Phoenician settlers from Tyre establish Carthage, which grows into a dominant Mediterranean trading power.

    Carthage & the Punic Wars

    Sources: Battle of Carthage (146 BCE) (Encyclopaedia Britannica) · History of Tunisia (Wikipedia)

Asia

  1. LBN

    Lebanon · Peoples & Migration · trad. 814 BCE

    Tyre founds Carthage

    Tyrian colonists are traditionally credited with founding Carthage, the most powerful of the Phoenician colonies in the western Mediterranean.

    Phoenicia: Byblos, Sidon and Tyre

    Sources: Phoenicia (Encyclopaedia Britannica) · Tyre (UNESCO World Heritage Centre)