710s BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	9th century BC – 8th century BC – 7th century BC
Decades:	740s BC 730s BC 720s BC – 710s BC – 700s BC 690s BC 680s BC
Years:	719 BC 718 BC 717 BC 716 BC 715 BC 714 BC 713 BC 712 BC 711 BC 710 BC
Categories:	Births – Deaths Establishments

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 II founds a new capital for Assyria at Dur-Sharrukin.
717 BC – 716 BC—Sargon II leads his armies in a sweeping attack along the Philistine coast, where he defeated the pharaoh.
717 BC — Roman legend marks this as the date that Romulus ended his rule. Interregnum starts.
715 BC — Interregnum ends. Start of the reign of the second King of Rome — Numa Pompilius.
c. 715 BC — Conquest of Messenia by Sparta ends.
713 BC — Numa Pompilius, King of Rome, reforms the Roman calendar, introducing January and February and adding 5 days to the calendar.

Olmecs establish Monte Albán, the sacred city, and continue building pyramids