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EVENTS AND TRENDS

859 BC — Assurnasirpal II died.

859 BC — Shalmaneser attacked Syria and Palestine .

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 Syrian coalition (including king Ahab of Kingdom Of Israel and Hadadezer ) in the Battle Of Karkar .

850 BC — Takelot II succeeds Osorkon II as King of Egypt .

c. 850 BC — Homer writes the Iliad and the Odyssey .

c. 850 BC — Assurnasirpal II killing lions, from the palace complex of Assurnasirpal II in Kalhu (modern Nimrud , Iraq ) is made. It is now in The British Museum , London .

Nazarites and Rechabites establish early Temperance Movement .

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