700s BC
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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
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 of Judah, backed by Egypt, revolts against king Sennacherib of Assyria. Sennacherib sacks many Palestinian cities, but fails in his attempt to take Jerusalem
- 700 BC – The Scythians start settling in Cimmerian areas, slowly replacing the previous inhabitants.
Significant people
Categories: 700s BC