700S Bc

Events and trends

• 708 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 back 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.

Significant people

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