Events and trends

• 865 BC—Kar Kalmaneser was conquered by the Assyria
  Assyria
  Assyria was a Semitic Akkadian kingdom, extant as a nation state from the mid–23rd century BC to 608 BC centred on the Upper Tigris river, in northern Mesopotamia , that came to rule regional empires a number of times through history. It was named for its original capital, the ancient city of Assur...
  
  n king Ashurnasirpal II.
• 864 BC—Diognetus, King of Athens, dies after a reign of 28 years and is succeeded by his son Pherecles.
• 860 BC—The kingdom of Urartu
  Urartu
  Urartu , corresponding to Ararat or Kingdom of Van was an Iron Age kingdom centered around Lake Van in the Armenian Highland....
  
  is unified.