900 [H] 886--Homeric Poems brought into Greece. [F] 885-860--Assur-nazir-pal, King of Assyria. [C] 875. Ahab (Isr.) [D] 875--Worship of Baal introduced into Israel by Jezebel. [C] 870. Jehoshaphat. (Jud.) [D] 870--Elijah the Prophet. [F] 860-825--Shalmaneser II., King. [F] 854--Victory of Shalmaneser over Syrians and Israelites (under King Ahab) at Karkar. [H] 850--Lycurgus, lawgiver of Sparta. [C] 842. Jehu (Isr.) 842. Athaliah, usurper. (Jud.) [D] 842--Jehu King of Judah. Athaliah usurper in Judah. [F] 842--Jehu, King of Israel, pays tribute to Shalmaneser. [C] 836. Jehoash. (Jud.) [D] 836--Revolution in Judah under Jehoiada, the Priest. [F] 800--Babylon under Assyrian control. 800 [C] 799. Joash. (Isr.) [D] 799--Joash, King of Israel. [C] 783. Jeroboam II. (Isr.) 783. Uzziah. (Jud.) [D] 783--Jeroboam II., King of Israel. Israelite power; Prophet Amos. [D] 769--Uzziah, King of Israel; Age of Prosperity. [H] 753--Traditional founding of Rome by Romulus. [H] 750--Syracuse in Sicily founded by Corinthians. [D] 748--Prophet Hosea in Israel. [F] 745-727--Tiglath-pileser III., King of Assyria; great conqueror; receives tribute from Menahem, King of Israel. 732--Damascus taken. [C] 741. Menahem. (Isr.) [D] 738--Prophet Isaiah begins his Ministry. Jotham, King of Judah. [C] 735. Ahaz. (Jud.) [C] 730. Hoshea. (Isr.) [D] 730--Hoshea, last King of Israel. [F] 727-722--Shalmaneser IV., King. 725--Siege of Samaria begun. [E] 725--Hoshea, King of Israel, in Alliance with So (or Sabakon), King of Egypt. [F] 722-705--Sargon II., King of Assyria. [B] 721-587--DECAY [D] 721--Fall of Samaria. Israel carried captive by Sargon II. of Assyria. [C] 719. Hezekiah. (Jud.) [H] 708--Median Kingdom begins under Deioces. [F] 704-687--Sennacherib, King. Nineveh made capital. [D] 701--Sennacherib's invasion of Judah. [E] 701--Defeat of Tirkahah by Sennacherib, King of Assyria.