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Decade
This article concerns the period 709 BC – 700 BC.
Events and trends
- 709 BC—First reported use of the
conducting staff in a performance by "
Pherekydes of Patrae, giver of rhythm".
- 708 BC—Traditional date of the foundation of Croton (modern
Crotone) by colonists from
Achaea.
[1]
- 708 BC—
Tellis of Sicyon wins the stadion race at the 18th
Olympic Games.
- 707 BC—
Spring and Autumn period:
Duke Zhuang of Zheng defeats the armies of
King Huan of Zhou, becoming the first vassal of the ruler of
China to revolt.
- 706 BC—Traditional date when
Spartan immigrants found
Taras (
Tarentum, the modern
Taranto)
colony in
southern Italy.
[1]
- 706 BC—The Assyrian royal court is moved to
Dur-Sharrukin.
- 705 BC—
Sargon II, king of
Assyria, dies.
- 705 BC—
Sennacherib succeeds his father Sargon II.
[2]
- 704 BC—Sennacherib moves the
capital of Assyria to
Nineveh.
[3]
- 704 BC—Menos of
Megara wins the stadion race at the 19th Olympic Games.
- 701 BC—
November 10—King
Hezekiah of
Judah, backed by the
Kingdom of Kush, revolts against King Sennacherib of Assyria. Sennacherib sacks many
Israelite cities, but fails in his attempt to take
Jerusalem.
- 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.
- 700 BC—The
Upanishads, a sacred text of
Hinduism, are written around this time.
- 700 BC—
Atheradas of Laconia wins the stadion race at the 20th Olympic Games.
[4]
- c. 700 BC—Geometric period of vases ends in
Ancient Greece.
Orientalizing period of vases starts. It starts in
Corinth.
- c. 700 BC—
Hesiod writes "
Theogony".
- c. 700 BC–
509 BC—
Etruscan supremacy period in
Italy.
- c. 700 BC — Construction of the
Temple of Yeha in
Ethiopia
- After c. 700 BC – Cities again begin to appear on the
Indian subcontinent, especially in the north.
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