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Callinus
— – 7th century BC
Poet, Elegist
Callinus (Ancient Greek: Καλλῖνος, Kallinos; fl. mid-7th c. BC) was an ancient Greek elegiac poet who lived in the city of Ephesus in Asia Minor in the mid-7th…
Hesiod
776 BC – 7th century BC
Poet, Writer, Rhapsode, Mythographer
Hesiod ( HEE-see-əd or HEH-see-əd; Ancient Greek: Ἡσίοδος Hēsíodos; fl. c. 700 BC) was an Ancient Greek poet generally thought to have been active between 750…
Joel
— – 7th century BC
Prophet
Joel is a Biblical prophet, the second of the Twelve Minor Prophets, and, according to itself, the author of the Book of Joel, which is set in the early Assyria…
Perdiccas I of Macedon
7th century BC – 7th century BC
Monarch
Perdiccas I (Greek: Περδίκκας, romanized: Perdíkkas; fl. c. 650 BC) was king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon. By allowing thirty years for the span of a…
Shebitku
8th century BC – 7th century BC
Statesperson
Shebitku or Shabataka (Ancient Egyptian: šꜣ-bꜣ-tꜣ-kꜣ, Neo-Assyrian Akkadian: 𒃻𒉺𒋫𒆪𒀪, romanized: Šapatakuʾ, Ancient Greek: Σεθῶν Sethōn or Ancient Greek: Σαβ…
Tyrtaeus
7th century BC – 7th century BC
Poet, Writer, Elegist
Tyrtaeus (; Ancient Greek: Τυρταῖος Tyrtaios; fl. mid-7th century BC) was a Greek elegiac poet from Sparta whose works were speculated to fill five books. His w…
Yajnavalkya
8th century BC – 7th century BC
Astronomer, Philosopher, Writer, Poet
Yajnavalkya or Yagyavalkya (Sanskrit: याज्ञवल्क्य, IAST: Yājñavalkya) is a Hindu Vedic sage prominently mentioned in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (c. 700 BCE) a…
Sargon II
765 BC – 705 BC
Sovereign
Sargon II (Neo-Assyrian Akkadian: 𒈗𒁺, romanized: Šarru-kīn, meaning "the faithful king" or "the legitimate king") was the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from…
Piye
8th century BC – 716 BC
Statesperson
Piye (also interpreted as Pānkhi, Piankhy, Paiānkhi, Piānkhi, or Paānkhi) was an ancient Kushite king and founder of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt, who rule…
Shalmaneser V
— – 722 BC
Sovereign
Shalmaneser V (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: Salmānu-ašarēd, meaning "Salmānu is foremost"; Biblical Hebrew: שַׁלְמַנְאֶסֶר Šalmanʾeser) was the king of the Neo-Assy…
Hoshea
759 BC – 723 BC
Monarch
Hoshea (Biblical Hebrew: הוֹשֵׁעַ, romanized: Hōšēaʿ, lit. 'salvation'; Akkadian: 𒀀𒌑𒋛𒀪 A'úsiʾ [a-ú-si-ʾ]; Latin: Osee) was the nineteenth and last king of t…
Ahaz
763 BC – 727 BC
Monarch
Ahaz (Hebrew: אָחָז, romanized: ʼĀḥāz, lit. '"has held"'; Greek: Ἄχαζ, Ἀχάζ Akhaz; Latin: Achaz) an abbreviation of Jehoahaz II (of Judah), "Yahweh has held" (H…
Tiglath-Pileser III
— – 727 BC
King
Tiglath-Pileser III (Neo-Assyrian Akkadian: 𒆪𒋾𒀀𒂍𒈗𒊏, romanized: Tukultī-apil-Ešarra, meaning "my trust belongs to the son of Ešarra", Biblical Hebrew: תִּג…
Pekah
8th century BC – 732 BC
Monarch
Pekah (, Hebrew: פֶּקַח Peqaḥ; Akkadian: 𒉺𒅗𒄩 Paqaḫa [pa-qa-ḫa]; Latin: Phacee) was the eighteenth and penultimate king of Israel. He was a captain in the arm…
Nabonassar
8th century BC – 733 BC
Sovereign
Nabû-nāṣir (simplified in English as Nabonassar) was the king of Babylon from 747 to 734 BC. He deposed a foreign Chaldean usurper named Nabu-shuma-ishkun, brin…
Sarduri II
8th century BC – 735 BC
Monarch
Sarduri II (ruled: 764–735 BC) was a King of Urartu, succeeding his father Argishti I to the throne. The Urartian Kingdom was at its peak during his reign, cam…
Amos
814 BC – 740 BC
Prophet, Farmer, Herder
Amos (; Hebrew: עָמוֹס – ʿĀmōs) was one of the Twelve Minor Prophets of the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament. According to the Bible, Amos was the older…
Pekahiah
8th century BC – 740 BC
Monarch
Pekahiah (; Hebrew: פְּקַחְיָה Pəqaḥyā; "YHWH has opened the eyes"; Latin: Phaceia) was the seventeenth and third-from-last king of Israel and the son of Menahe…
Ashur-nirari V
8th century BC – 745 BC
Sovereign
Ashur-nirari V (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: Aššur-nārāri, meaning "Ashur is my help") was the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 755 BC to his death in 745 BC. A…
Shallum of Israel
— – 752 BC
Monarch
Shallum of Israel (Hebrew: שַׁלּוּם Šallūm, "retribution", fl. mid-8th century BC), was the fifteenth king of the ancient Kingdom of Israel, and the son of Jabe…