Egypt 850 BC: The Middle Mumun Pottery Period begins in the Korean peninsula. 850 BC: Tagaung Kingdom is founded by Abhiyaza of the Sakya clan of the Buddha in 850 BCE, present-day northern Burma at the upper banks of the Irrawaddy river. 840s BC 845 BC: Pherecles, Archon of Athens, dies after a reign of 19 years and is succeeded by his son Ariphron. 842 BC: Shalmaneser III devastates the territory of Damascus; Kingdom of Israel and the Phoenician cities send tribute. 841 BC: Death of King Li of Zhou, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China. 841 BC: Records of the Grand Historian regards this year as the first year of consecutive annual dating of Chinese history. 840 BC: Gopala Dynasty started in Nepal, first dynasty to rule in a country named Nepal despite its present geographical boundaries. 830s BC 836 BC: Shalmaneser III of Assyria leads an expedition against the Tabareni. 836 BC: Civil war breaks out in Egypt. 820s BC 827 BC: King Xuan of Zhou becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China. 825 BC: Takelot II, king of Egypt, dies. Crown Prince Osorkon III and Shoshenq III, sons of Takelot, battle for the throne. c. 825 BC: Ariphron, King of Athens, dies after a reign of 20 years and is succeeded by his son Thespieus. 823 BC: Death of Shalmaneser III, king of Assyria. He is succeeded by his son Shamshi-Adad V. 820 BC: Pygmalion ascends the throne of Tyre. 810s BC 817 BC: Pedubastis I declares himself king of Egypt, founding the Twenty-third Dynasty. 814 BC: Carthage is founded by Dido (traditional date). 811 BC: Adad-nirari III succeeds his father Shamshi-Adad V as king of Assyria. 800s BC 804 BC: Adad-nirari III of Assyria conquers Damascus. 804 BC: Death of Pedubastis I, pharaoh. c. 800 BC: Etruscan civilization. Beginning of the Iron Age in Central Europe, spread of the Proto-Celtic Hallstatt culture, and the Proto-Celtic language. Adena culture appears in present-day Northeastern United States. Inventions, discoveries, introductions First inscriptions in Epigraphic South Arabian found in Akkele Guzay 9th century BC—Olmecs build pyramids. 9th century BC - Canal for transport constructed in Ancient China. Emergence of the Brahmana period of Vedic Sanskrit, probable composition of the Shatapatha Brahmana, and the first beginning of the Upanishadic and Vedantic traditions of Hinduism. 9th century BC -- Parshvanath gives Jain philosophy of Karma theory, Vows of Sramana (Ahimsa,