720s BC

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

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
• 724 BC – The diaulos footrace introduced at the Olympics.
• 723 BC – Israel is 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)
• 727 BC – Tefnakhte founds the Twenty-fourth dynasty of Egypt
• 724 BC – Ahaz, king of Judah dies (740 BC-726 BC)
• 723 BC – Sargon succeeds Shalmaneser V as king of Assyria
• 720 BC – Death of Zhou ping wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
• 720 BC – Bakenrenef (also known as Bocchoris) succeeds his father Tefnakhte as king of the Twenty-fourth dynasty of Egypt.