800s BC (decade)
# 800s BC (decade)

This article concerns the period 809 BC – 800 BC.

## Events and trends

* 804 BC—Adad-nirari III of Assyria conquers Damascus.
* 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.
