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720s 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 700s BC 690s BC 680s BC 670s BC

Events and Trends

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.
723 BC - Israel conquered by Assyria
723 BC - Spring and Autumn Period of China's history begins as King Zhou ping wang[?] of the Zhou Dynasty reigns in name only.
720 BC - End of the Assyrian siege of Tyre

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 - Shalmaneser III becomes king of Assyria (dies 723 BC)
724 BC - Ahaz, king of Judah dies (740 BC-726 BC)
723 BC - Sargon becomes king of Assyria
720 BC - Death of Zhou ping wang[?], King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.

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