Assyrian eclipse
One eclipse record anchors the timeline of the ancient Near East
Assyrian eponym lists recorded a solar eclipse in the month of Simanu, which astronomers identified as that of 15 June 763 BC. The entry became the anchor for the whole chronology of the ancient Near East.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 776 BC First Olympic Games — 13 years earlier
- c. 753 BC Founding of Rome — 10 years later
- c. 750 BC Homer's epics — 13 years later
Alive at the time
- Piye (aged 7)