The sun has perished out of heaven, and an evil mist has overspread the world.Thanks blam!
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[self-quote] David Rohl attempted to use a solar eclipse of 1012 BC to date one of the el-Amarna letters to support his chronology. Ugarit was burned by Shalmaneser III in 855 BC, so using the fire to push back the date of the tablet by a century and a half is ill supported at best. [end]
| YEAR | DAY | LOCATION | DESCRIPTION |
| B.C. 709 | JULY 17 | CHINA | TOTAL: NO OTHER DETAILS |
| 601 | SEPT. 12 | CHINA | TOTAL: NO OTHER DETAILS |
| 549 | JUNE 12 | CHINA | TOTAL: NO OTHER DETAILS |
| 198 | AUG. 7 | CHINA | ANNULAR: NO OTHER DETAILS |
| 181 | MAR. 4 | CHINA | TOTAL: NO OTHER DETAILS |
| 136 | APR.15 | MESOPOTAMIA | TOTAL: MANY STARS AND FOUR PLANETS SEEN |
| A.D. 2 | NOV. 23 | CHINA | TOTAL: NO OTHER DETAILS |
| 65 | DEC.16 | CHINA | TOTAL: NO OTHER DETAILS |
| 516 | APR. 18 | CHINA | ANNULAR: NO OTHER DETAILS |
| 522 | JUNE 10 | CHINA | TOTAL: NO OTHER DETAILS |
| 840 | MAY 5 | ITALY | TOTAL: "SUN HIDDEN FROM WORLD" |
| 873 | JULY 28 | PERSIA | ANNULAR: "MOON WITHIN BODY OF SUN" |
| 912 | JUNE 17 | SPAIN | TOTAL: "DARKNESS JUST BEFORE SUNSET" |
| 968 | DEC.22 | TURKEY (2) | TOTAL: CORONA OBSERVED |
| 975 | AUG.10 | JAPAN | TOTAL: "INK-COLORED SUN" |
| 1124 | AUG.11 | RUSSIA | TOTAL: "SUN PERISHED COMPLETELY" |
| 1133 | AUG. 2 | EUROPE (5) | TOTAL: "SUN BLACK AS PITCH" |
| 1176 | APR.11 | TURKEY | TOTAL: "NIGHT FELL, STARS APPEARED" |
| 1185 | MAY 1 | RUSSIA | TOTAL: CHROMOSPHERE OBSERVED |
| 1221 | MAY 23 | MONGOLIA | TOTAL: "STARS VISIBLE" |
| 1239 | JUNE 3 | EUROPE (8) | TOTAL: "MANY STARS SEEN" |
| 1241 | OCT. 6 | EUROPE (2) EGYPT | TOTAL: "WONDERFUL BLACKNESS" |
| 1267 | MAY 25 | TURKEY | TOTAL: "MANY STARS APPEARED" |
| 1275 | JUNE 25 | CHINA | TOTAL: "STARS SEEN" |
| 1292 | JAN.21 | CHINA | ANNULAR: "SUN A GOLDEN RING" |
| 1406 | JUNE 16 | GERMANY | TOTAL: "GREAT DARKNESS" |
| 1415 | JUNE 7 | EUROPE (2) | TOTAL: "ENTIRE SUN ECLIPSED" |
| 1485 | MAR. 16 | AUSTRIA | TOTAL: NO OTHER DETAILS |
EARLIEST SOLAR ECLIPSE for which the date is certain is recorded on this Assyrian tablet, a summary of past historical events. A large partial eclipse, it took place on June 15, 763 b.c.
Comet?
...so down she darted
from the topmost summits of Olympus. She shot through the sky as some brilliant meteor which the son of scheming Saturn has sent as a sign to mariners or to some great army, and a fiery train of light follows in its wake. The Trojans and Achaeans were struck with awe...
http://classics.mit.edu/Homer/iliad.mb.txt
They argue over who homer was still.
But if they know when it was really written they could probably track the eclipses to around that time, I guess