The 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th Century BC Quiz

Based on the clues, guess these notable facts from the years 1000 BC - 601 BC

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Year	Description	Answer
609 / 612 BC	This Mesopotamian kingdom collapses	Assyria
c. 620 BC	This city is founded as the Greek colony of Massalia	Marseille
c. 630 BC	This lesbian poet is born on the island of Lesbos	Sappho
657 BC	The Greeks colonize this city on the shores of the Bosphorus	Byzantium
660 BC	Jimmu becomes the first Emperor (Tennō) of this country	Japan
7th century BC	This type of infantry formation with interlocking shields is used for the first time	Phalanx
7th century BC	This practice of abstaining from the consumption of meat is used in Pakistan	Vegetarianism
7th century BC	This Egyptian city (and namesake of a Tennessee city) is abandoned	Memphis
720 BC	This kingdom and rival of Judah collapses	Kingdom of Israel
734 BC	This Sicilian city, later hometown of Archimedes, is founded	Syracuse
753 BC	According to legend, this city is founded by Romulus and Remus	Rome
776 BC	This quadrennial sporting event is held for the first time	Olympic Games
late 8th century BC	Homer writes these two well-known epic poems	Odyssey
late 8th century BC	Homer writes these two well-known epic poems	Iliad
814 BC	This city near modern-day Tunis is founded	Carthage
c. 843 BC	This people group of present-day Iran is historically recorded for the first time	Persians
9th century BC	This Italian city is founded as a "new city" (Neapolis)	Naples
9th century BC	This Greek city and rival of Athens is founded	Sparta
c. 950 BC	This holy Jerusalem temple, also known as the First Temple, is erected	Solomon's Temple
965 BC	This key figure of the Bible, who killed Goliath with a slingshot, dies	David

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