Centuries: 9th century BC - 8th century BC - 7th century BC
Decades: 770s BC 760s BC 750s BC 740s BC 730s BC - 720s BC - 710s BC 700s BC 690s BC 680s BC 670s BC
720s BC - Events and trends.
728 BC - Piye invades Egypt, conquering Memphis, and receives the submission of the rulers of the Nile Delta. He founds the Twenty-fifth dynasty of Egypt.
727 BC - Babylonia makes itself independent of Assyria
724 BC - The Assyrians start a four-year siege of Tyre
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Centuries: 9th century BC - 8th century BC - 7th century BC
Decades: 790s BC 780s BC 770s BC 760s BC 750s BC - 740s BC - 730s BC 720s BC 710s BC 700s BC 690s BC
740s BC - Events and trends.
February 26 747 BC - Nabonassar becomes king of Assyria
747 BC - Meles becomes king of Lydia
745 BC - Crown of Assyria seized by Pul, who takes the name Tiglath-Pileser III
743 BC - Duke Zhuang of the Chinese state of Zheng comes to power.
740 BC - Tiglath-P ...
Centuries: 9th century BC - 8th century BC - 7th century BC
Decades: 800s BC 790s BC 780s BC 770s BC 760s BC - 750s BC - 740s BC 730s BC 720s BC 710s BC 700s BC
750s BC - Events and trends.
756 BC - Founding of Cyzicus.
755 BC - Ashur-nirari V succeeds Ashur-Dan III as king of Assyria
755 BC - Aeschylus, King of Athens, dies after a reign of 23 years and is succeeded by Alcmaeon.
753 BC - Alcmaeon, King of Athens, dies after a reign of 2 years. He is re ...
Centuries: 9th century BC - 8th century BC - 7th century BC
Decades: 810s BC 800s BC 790s BC 780s BC 770s BC - 760s BC - 750s BC 740s BC 730s BC 720s BC 710s BC
760s BC - Events and trends.
June 15 763 BC - A solar eclipse at this date is used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history
760s BC - Significant people.
Category: 760s BC
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Centuries: 9th century BC - 8th century BC - 7th century BC
Decades: 820s BC 810s BC 800s BC 790s BC 780s BC - 770s BC - 760s BC 750s BC 740s BC 730s BC 720s BC
770s BC - Events and trends.
778 BC - Agamestor, King of Athens, dies after a reign of 17 years and is succeeded by his son Aeschylus.
776 BC - First recorded Olympic Games. The history of the Games is believed to reach as far back as the 13th century BC but no older written record survives.
774 BC - End ...
Centuries: 9th century BC - 8th century BC - 7th century BC
Decades: 780s BC 770s BC 760s BC 750s BC 740s BC - 730s BC - 720s BC 710s BC 700s BC 690s BC 680s BC
730s BC - Events and trends.
739 BC - Hiram II becomes king of Tyre
738 BC - King Tiglath-Pileser III of Assyria invades Israel, forcing it to pay tribute
734 BC - Naxus in Sicily founded as a colony of Chalcis in Euboea. (traditional date)
732 BC - Hoshea becomes the last king of Israel
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Centuries: 8th century BC - 7th century BC - 6th century BC
Decades: 740s BC 730s BC 720s BC 710s BC 700s BC - 690s BC - 680s BC 670s BC 660s BC 650s BC 640s BC
690s BC - Events and trends.
699 BC - Khallushu succeeds Shuttir-Nakhkhunte as king of the Elamite Empire
697 BC - Death of Zhou huan wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
696 BC - Zhou zhuang wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
691 BC - King Sennacherib of Assyria defeats king Hu ...
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 ...
