740s BC

Millennium:	1st millennium 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
Years:	749 BC 748 BC 747 BC 746 BC 745 BC 744 BC 743 BC 742 BC 741 BC 740 BC
Categories:	Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments

Events and trends

747 BC—February 26 – Nabonassar becomes king of Babylonia.
747 BC—Meles becomes king of Lydia.
c. 747 BC—Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ends. Late Period of ancient Egypt starts. Nubian period starts in Ancient Egypt.
c. 747 BC—Piye starts to rule in Ancient Egypt.
745 BC—The Crown of Assyria seized by Pul, who takes the name Tiglath-Pileser III.
745 BC—Legendary death of Titus Tatius Roman King (Diarchy with con Romulus ).
743 BC—Duke Zhuang of the Chinese state of Zheng comes to power.
743 BC—Beginning of the First Messenian War.
740 BC—Tiglath-Pileser III conquers the city of Arpad in Syria after two years of siege.
740 BC—Start of Ahaz's reign of Judah.