Events and trends

• 879 BC Death of Zhou yi wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
• 879 BC Kalhu is dedicated. Some historians say that Assurnasirpal II gives a banquet for 69,574 persons to celebrate it.
• 878 BC Zhou li wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
• 874 BC Shoshenq II succeeds Takelot I as king of the Twenty-second dynasty of Egypt.
• 874 BC Ahab becomes king of Israel (approximate date).
• 872 BC An exceptionally high flood of the Nile covers the floors of the Temple of Luxor.
• 872 BC Osorkon II succeeds Shoshenq II as king of the Twenty-second dynasty of Egypt.

Significant people

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