860s BC
This article concerns the period 869 BC – 860 BC.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC | 
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Events and trends
    
- 865 BC—Kar Kalmaneser (also known as Tell Ahmar and Til Barsib), an independent Neo-Hittite kingdom located in current Syria on the banks of the Euphrates River, is conquered by the Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II.
 - 864 BC—Diognetus, King of Athens, dies after a reign of 28 years (beginning 892 BC), and is succeeded by his son Pherecles.
 - 860 BC—The kingdom of Urartu is unified.
 
Significant people
    
- Joash, king of Judah, is born (approximate date).
 - Shoshenq III, pharaoh of Egypt, is born (approximate date).
 
References
    
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