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Centuries: 9th century BC - 8th century BC - 7th century BC
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Decades: 750s BC 740s BC 730s BC 720s BC 710s BC - 700s BC - 690s BC 680s BC 670s BC 660s BC 650s BC
Events and Trends
- 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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