Centuries: 8th century BC - 7th century BC - 6th century BC Decades: 730s BC 720s BC 710s BC 700s BC 690s BC - 680s BC - 670s BC 660s BC 650s BC 640s BC 630s BC 680s BC - Events and trends. 689 BC - King Sennacherib of Assyria sacks Babylon 687 BC - Gyges becomes king of Lydia 687 BC - Hezekiah succeeded by Manasseh as king of Judah 682 BC - Death of Zhou zhuang wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China. 681 BC - Zhou li wang becomes King of the ...

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Centuries: 9th century BC - 8th century BC - 7th century BC Decades: 760s BC 750s BC 740s BC 730s BC 720s BC - 710s BC - 700s BC 690s BC 680s BC 670s BC 660s BC 710s BC - Events and trends. Judah, Tyre and Sidon revolt against Assyria 719 BC - Zhou Huan Wang of the Zhou Dynasty becomes ruler of China. 718 BC - Gyges becomes the ruler of Lydia. 717 BC - Assyrian king Sargon conquers the Hittites stronghold of Carchemish 717 BC - Sargon founds a ...

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Centuries: 9th century BC - 8th century BC - 7th century BC Decades: 750s BC 740s BC 730s BC 720s BC 710s BC - 700s BC - 690s BC 680s BC 670s BC 660s BC 650s BC 700s BC - Events and trends. 708 BC - Spartan immigrants found Taras (Tarentum, the modern Taranto) colony in southern Italy. 705 BC - Sennacherib succeeds his brother Shalmaneser V as king of Assyria 704 BC - Sennacherib moves the capital of Assyira back to Nineveh 701 BC - King Hezekiah ...

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Centuries: 8th century BC - 7th century BC - 6th century BC Decades: 720s BC 710s BC 700s BC 690s BC 680s BC - 670s BC - 660s BC 650s BC 640s BC 630s BC 620s BC 670s BC - Events and trends. 677 BC - Death of Zhou Li Wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China. 677 BC - Esarhaddon leads the Assyrian army against rebellious Arab tribes, advances as far as the Brook of Egypt. 676 BC - Zhou Hui Wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China. 675 BC - Esarhaddon ...

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Centuries: 8th century BC - 7th century BC - 6th century BC Decades: 700s BC 690s BC 680s BC 670s BC 660s BC - 650s BC - 640s BC 630s BC 620s BC 610s BC 600s BC 650s BC - Events and trends. Occupation begins at Maya site of Piedras Negras, Guatemala 657 BC - Cypselus becomes the first tyrant of Corinth. 656 BC - Psammetichus extends his control over all of Egypt. End of Twenty-fifth Dynasty 653 BC Atta-Khumma-In-Shushinak and Khumbanigash II succeed Shi ...

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