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Centuries: 9th century BC - 8th century BC - 7th century BC

Decades: 790s BC 780s BC 770s BC 760s BC 750s BC - 740s BC - 730s BC 720s BC 710s BC 700s BC 690s BC

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February 26 747 BC - Nabonassar becomes king of Assyria
747 BC - Meles[?] becomes king of Lydia
745 BC - Crown of Assyria seized by Pul
743 BC - Duke Zhuang[?] of the Chinese state of Chang[?] comes to power.
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.

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