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Encyclopedia > 701 BC

Centuries: 9th century BC - 8th century BC - 7th century 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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701 BC (137 words)
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.
700 BC - End of the Villanovan culture in northern Italy and rise of thee Etruscan civilization.
Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Kings of Assyria (487 words)
BC, king of ancient Assyria (669-633 BC), son and successor of Esar-Haddon.
He seems to have usurped the throne in 745 BC He bore the alternative name of Pul, by which he was known in biblical history (2 Kings 15.19).
Shalmaneser III, 859-824 BC, son of Ashurnasirpal, claimed to have defeated (c.854 BC) Benhadad and Ahab, king of...
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