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Iron reheated with carbon is found to be much harder, being transformed into steel
Burial mounds feature in the Ohio valley, built first in the Adena culture and then by Hopewell tribes
David, already king of Judah and now anointed king of Israel, brings into one realm the twelve tribes of the Israelites
David captures Jerusalem, which he makes his capital - bringing here the ark of the covenant
Hiram, the Phoenician king of Tyre, is an enthusiastic trading partner of King David in Jerusalem, and later of Solomon
Solomon becomes king of Israel and presides over a period of peace and prosperity
Solomon, the king of Israel, builds the first Temple in Jerusalem
The Queen of Sheba, who visits Solomon in Jerusalem, is legendary - but her kingdom of Saba is a historical reality
Libyans in the Egyptian army take control of the nation and rule as pharaohs
Wood from the famous cedars of Lebanon is only one of the many luxury goods traded by the Phoenicians
Solomon's son Rehoboam is unable to prevent the ten northern tribes going their own way, under the leadership of Jeroboam
Chávin de Huántar becomes the centre of the first civilization of south America
With the encouragements of Athens, non-Dorian Greeeks migrate to form colonies on the west coast of Anatolia
La Venta replaces San Lorenzo as the capital city and cultural centre of the Olmecs
Assyria, during the reign of Ashurnasirpal II, once again recovers an extensive empire
Ashurnasirpal II creates a spectacular new capital at Nimrud (and claims to have had 69,574 guests at his palace-warming party)
An annual event in Assyria is the departure of the army in spring for an expedition of ruthless and brutal conquest
Ashburbanipal II extracts tribute from the cities of Phoenicia, beginning a period of Assyrian domination of the region
Gindibu brings 1000 Arab warriors on camels to do battle at Karkar (the first known reference to Arabs as a distinct group)
Citium, in Cyprus, is the first of many Phoenician colonies in the Mediterranean
The Assyrians develop the battering ram into a mobile and powerful siege engine
The technique of glazing pottery is discovered in Mesopotamia, though used at this stage only for decorative arts arts purposes
The traditional date of the founding of Carthage (supposedly by the mythical queen Dido, but in practice by Phoenicians)
The Assyrian army makes good use of the new technology by which iron can be hardened into steel suitable for weapons
The earliest surviving sundial is in use in Egypt
