700s BC
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Centuries: 9th century BC - 8th century BC - 7th century BC
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
- 706 BC - Spartan immigrants found Taras (Tarentum, the modern Taranto) colony in southern Italy.
- 705 BC - Sennacherib succeeds his brother Shalmaneser V as king of Assyria.
- 704 BC - Sennacherib moves the capital of Assyira to Nineveh.
- 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 - The Scythians start settling in Cimmerian areas, slowly replacing the previous inhabitants.
- 700 BC - End of the Villanovan culture in northern Italy and rise of the Etruscan civilization.
- 700 BC – The Upanishads, a sacred text of Hinduism, are written around this time.
Significant people
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