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9th century BC
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Decades
:
770s BC
760s BC
750s BC
740s BC
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720s BC
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720s BC
Events and trends
Significant people
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Events and trends
728 BC
-
Piye
invades
Egypt
, conquering
Memphis
, and receives the submission of the rulers of the
Nile Delta
. He founds the
Twenty-fifth dynasty of Egypt
.
727 BC
-
Babylonia
makes itself independent of
Assyria
.
724 BC
- The
Assyria
ns start a four-year siege of
Tyre
.
724 BC
- The
diaulos
footrace introduced at the
Olympics
.
722 BC
-
Spring and Autumn Period
of
China
's history begins as King
Zhou ping wang
of the
Zhou Dynasty
reigns in name only.
722 BC
-
Israel
is conquered by
Assyrian
king
Sargon II
.
721 BC
-
Sargon II
started to rule. He built a new capital at
Dur Sharrukin
(modern
Khorsabad
).
720 BC
- End of the
Assyria
n siege of
Tyre
.
c. 720 BC - Guardian figure, from the entrance to the
throne room
at palace of
Sargon II
was made. It is now in The
Oriental Institute, Chicago
.
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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
- Death of
Tiglath-Pileser III
, king of
Assyria
(or
728 BC
).
727 BC -
Shalmaneser V
becomes king of
Assyria
(dies
723 BC
).
727 BC -
Tefnakhte
founds the
Twenty-fourth dynasty of Egypt
.
726 BC
-
Hezekiah
succeeds
Ahaz
as king of
Judah
(or
729 BC
.
725 BC
-
Bakenranef
(also known as Bocchoris) succeeds his father
Tefnakhte
as king of the
Twenty-fourth dynasty of Egypt
.
724 BC
-
Ahaz
, king of
Judah
dies (
740 BC
-
726 BC
).
723 BC
-
Shalmaneser V
, king of
Assyria
, dies.
723 BC -
Sargon
succeeds
Shalmaneser V
as king of
Assyria
.
721 BC
-
Shabaka
succeeds his father
Piye
as king of the
Twenty-fifth dynasty of Egypt
.
720 BC
-
Shabaka
kills
Bakenranef
(Bocchoris), ending the
Twenty-fourth Dynasty of Egypt
720 BC - Death of
Zhou ping wang
, King of the
Zhou Dynasty
of
China
.
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