• Greeks, strong enough to protect farms and rebuild cities, emerged from the Dark Age [800]. Landowners [aristocrats] gained power.
• Outsiders who lived west of China, killed the West Zhou king. The Zhou moved their capital east [781/422, East Zhou]. Because the new capital was farther from their center of power, the East Zhou kings were weak.
• Celts expanded into Germany and France [800/500].
• Legends date the founding of the city of Rome [753].
• The creator god [Brahman] became popular in north India.