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700s BC

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705 BC - Sennacherib ascends the throne of Assyria
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 - Assyrian king Ashurbanipal[?] founds library, which includes our earliest complete copy of the Epic of Gilgamesh.

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