800s BC (decade)

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	10th century BC – 9th century BC – 8th century BC
Decades:	830s BC 820s BC 810s BC – 800s BC – 790s BC 780s BC 770s BC
Years:	809 BC 808 BC 807 BC 806 BC 805 BC 804 BC 803 BC 802 BC 801 BC 800 BC
800s BC-related categories:	Births – Deaths

Events and trends

• 804 BC—Adad-nirari III of Assyria conquers Damascus.
• 804 BC—Death of Pedubastis I, pharaoh.
• c. 800 BC—Greek Dark Ages end.
• c. 800 BC—Archaic period in Greece begins. (It ends in 480 BC with the invasion of Xerxes.)
• From c. 800 BC – The Upanishads are composed.
• c. 800 BC–700 BC—Pre-Etruscan period in Italy.
• Etruscan civilization.
• The Olmecs build pyramids.^[1][2]

References

1. http://www.doaaraku.com/art-and-historic-sites/tourist-information-mexico-chichen-itza-mayan-civilization-site-the-extraordinary-in-mexico-at-age-800-bc
2. "The Olmecs".