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Encyclopedia > 705 BC

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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