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Encyclopedia > 700s BCE

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

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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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Golan Heights: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com (0 words)
In the 700s BCE the Assyrians gained control of the area, but were later replaced by the Babylonian and the Persian Empire.
In the 5th century BCE, the region was settled by returning Jewish exiles from Babylon (modern Iraq).
In the 4th cenury BCE, the area came under the control of Alexander the Great and remained under Hellenestic rule, until captured by the Romans.
Golan Heights (904 words)
In the 700s BCE the Assyrians gained control of the area, but were later replaced by the Babylonian and the Persian Empire.
In the 5th century BCE, the region was settled by returning Jewish exiles from Babylon (modern Iraq).
In the 4th cenury BCE, the area came under the control of Alexander the Great and remained under Hellenestic rule, until captured by the Romans.
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