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710s BC
| Millennia: | 1st millennium BC |
| Centuries: | 9th century BC - 8th century BC - 7th century BC |
| Decades: | 740s BC 730s BC 720s BC - 710s BC - 700s BC 690s BC 680s BC |
| Years: | 719 BC 718 BC
717 BC 716 BC 715 BC 714 BC 713 BC 712 BC 711 BC 710 BC |
| Categories: | Births - Deaths - State
leaders - Sovereign states Establishments - Disestablishments |
Events and trends
- Judah, Tyre and Sidon revolt against Assyria.
- 719 BC — Zhou Huan Wang of the Zhou Dynasty becomes ruler of China.
- 718 BC — Gyges becomes the ruler of Lydia.
- 717 BC — Assyrian king Sargon conquers the Hittites stronghold of Carchemish.
- 717 BC — Sargon II founds a new capital for Assyria at Dur-Sharrukin.
- 717 BC–716 BC — Sargon II leads his armies in a sweeping attack along the Philistine coast, where he defeated the pharaoh.
- 716 BC — Roman legend marks this as the date that Romulus ended his rule.
- 715 BC — Start of the reign of the second King of Rome — Numa Pompilius.
- c. 715 BC — Conquest of Messenia by Sparta ends.
- 713 BC — Numa Pompilius reforms the Roman calendar.
- 712 BC — Numa Pompilius creates the office of Pontifex Maximus.
- c. 710 BC — Medes is united.
Significant people
- 715 BC — Osorkon IV dies, ending the Twenty-second dynasty of Egypt.
- 713 BC — Birth of semi-legendary Zalmoxis in Dacia.
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