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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 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.

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	708 BC - Spartan immigrants found Taras (Tarentum, the modern Taranto) colony in southern Italy.
	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.

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