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9th century BC
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8th century BC
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7th century BC
Decades
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770s BC
760s BC
750s BC
740s BC
730s BC
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720s BC
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710s BC
700s BC
690s BC
680s BC
670s BC
Events and Trends
727 BC -
Babylonia
makes itself independent of Assyria
724 BC - The
Assyrians
start a four-year siege of
Tyre
724 BC - The
diaulos
footrace introduced at the
Olympics
.
723 BC -
Israel
conquered by
Assyria
723 BC -
Spring and Autumn Period
of
China
's history begins as King
Zhou ping wang
of the
Zhou Dynasty
reigns in name only.
720 BC - End of the
Assyrian
siege of
Tyre
Significant People
729 BC -
Tiglath-Pileser III
officially crowned sovereign of Asia in
Babylon
729 BC -
Hezekiah
succeeds
Ahaz
as king of
Judah
(or 726 BC)
729 BC -
Luli
succeeds Mattan II as king of
Tyre
728 BC - Death of
Tiglath-Pileser III
, king of Assyria (or 727 BC)
727 BC -
Shalmaneser V
becomes king of
Assyria
(dies 723 BC)
724 BC -
Ahaz
, king of
Judah
dies (
740 BC
-726 BC)
723 BC -
Sargon
becomes king of Assyria
720 BC - Death of
Zhou ping wang
, King of the
Zhou Dynasty
of
China
.