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: 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: 830s BC 820s BC 810s BC 800s BC 790s BC - 780s BC - 770s BC 760s BC 750s BC 740s BC 730s BC
780s BC - Events and trends.
789 BC - Nineveh destroyed
780 BC - The first historic solar eclipse is recorded in China.
783 BC - Shalmaneser IV succeeds his father Adad-nirari III as king of Assyria
782 BC - Death of Zhou xuan wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
781 BC - Zhou you w ...
Centuries: 9th century BC - 8th century BC - 7th century BC
Decades: 840s BC 830s BC 820s BC 810s BC 800s BC - 790s BC - 780s BC 770s BC 760s BC 750s BC 740s BC
790s BC - Events and trends.
797 BC - Ardysus I becomes king of Lydia.
797 BC - Thespieus, King of Athens, dies after a reign of 27 years and is succeeded by his son Agamestor.
790s BC - Significant people.
Category: 790s BC
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The book of Nahum is a book in the Bible's Old Testament and Jewish Tanakh.
Nahum prophesied, according to some, in the beginning of the reign of Ahaz (740s BC). Others, however, think that his prophecies are to be referred to the latter half of the reign of Hezekiah (700s BC). Probably the book was written in Jerusalem, where he witnessed the invasion of Sennacherib and the destruction of his host (2 Kings 19:35).
The subject of this prophecy is the approaching complete and final destruction of Nineveh, the capital of t ...
Isaiah or Yeshayáhu (יְשַׁעְיָהוּ "Salvation of/is the Lord", Standard Hebrew Yəšaʿyáhu, Tiberian Hebrew Yəšaʿăyāhû) was the son of Amoz, and commonly considered the author of the Book of Isaiah. His ease of access to the king and other leaders (ref. Isa. 7:3; 8:2), taken with traditional sources which tell us that Isaiah was the cousin of Uzziah and therefore of royal linea ...
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: 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: 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 ...
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: 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: 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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