700s BC - Definition and Overview

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

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