720s BC
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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
[edit] 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.
- 722 BC - Spring and Autumn Period of China's history begins as King Zhou ping wang of the Zhou Dynasty reigns in name only.
- 722 BC - Israel is conquered by Assyrian king Sargon II.
- 721 BC - Sargon II started to rule. He built a new capital at Dur Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad).
- 720 BC - End of the Assyrian siege of Tyre.
- c. 720 BC - Guardian figure, from the entrance to the throne room at palace of Sargon II was made. It is now in The Oriental Institute, Chicago.
[edit] 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 - Death of Tiglath-Pileser III, king of Assyria (or 728 BC).
- 727 BC - Shalmaneser V becomes king of Assyria (dies 723 BC).
- 727 BC - Tefnakhte founds the Twenty-fourth dynasty of Egypt.
- 726 BC - Hezekiah succeeds Ahaz as king of Judah (or 729 BC.
- 725 BC - Bakenranef (also known as Bocchoris) succeeds his father Tefnakhte as king of the Twenty-fourth dynasty of Egypt.
- 724 BC - Ahaz, king of Judah dies (740 BC-726 BC).
- 723 BC - Shalmaneser V, king of Assyria, dies.
- 723 BC - Sargon succeeds Shalmaneser V as king of Assyria.
- 721 BC - Shabaka succeeds his father Piye as king of the Twenty-fifth dynasty of Egypt.
- 720 BC - Shabaka kills Bakenranef (Bocchoris), ending the Twenty-fourth Dynasty of Egypt
- 720 BC - Death of Zhou ping wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
