Editing 700s BC (decade)

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This article concerns the period '''709 BC – 700 BC'''.
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==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]].<ref name=Bickerman-197>E.J. Bickerman, ''Chronology of the Ancient World'' (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1968), p.&nbsp;197</ref>
* 708 BC—[[Tellis of Sicyon]] wins the stadion race at the 18th [[Ancient Olympic Games|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 [[Sparta]]n immigrants found [[Taranto|Taras]] (''[[Taranto|Tarentum]]'', the modern [[Taranto]]) [[colony]] in [[southern Italy]].<ref name=Bickerman-197/>
* 706 BC—The Assyrian royal court is moved to [[Dur-Sharrukin]].
* 705 BC—[[Sennacherib]] succeeds his father Sargon II.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Luckenbill|first=Daniel David|url=https://oi.uchicago.edu/sites/oi.uchicago.edu/files/uploads/shared/docs/oip2.pdf|title=The Annals of Sennacherib|publisher=University of Chicago Press|year=1924|pages=9}}</ref>
* 704 BC—Sennacherib moves the [[Capital (political)|capital]] of Assyria to [[Nineveh]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Harrison|first=Thomas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MDzbX7h3h-gC&dq=704+BC+moves+capital+to+Nineveh&pg=PP75|title=The Great Empires of the Ancient World|date=2009|publisher=Getty Publications|isbn=978-0-89236-987-4|pages=73|language=en}}</ref>
* 704 BC—Menos of [[Megara]] wins the stadion race at the 19th Olympic Games.
* 701 BC—[[November 10]]—King [[Hezekiah]] of [[Kingdom of Judah|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 [[Upanishad]]s, a sacred text of [[Hinduism]], are written around this time.
* 700 BC—[[Atheradas of Laconia]] wins the stadion race at the 20th Olympic Games.<ref>[[Eusebius of Caesarea]], ''Chronicle'' [http://www.attalus.org/translate/eusebius2.html].</ref>
* 700 BC—[[Assyria]]n king [[Sennacherib]] launches another campaign into the [[Chaldea]]n region, where the [[Babylonia]]n rebel [[Marduk-apla-iddina II|Merodach-Baladan II]] has been conspiring against him. Merodach-Baladan takes refuge in [[Elam]], north of the [[Persian Gulf]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Glassner |first1=Jean-Jacques |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5gUNVtrlr28C&q=Jean-Jacques+Glassner,+Mesopotamian+Chronicles |title=Mesopotamian Chronicles |last2=Foster |first2=Benjamin Benjamin Read |date=2005 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-13084-5 |language=en}}</ref>
* 700 BC—[[Babylon]]'s Assyrian-raised puppet king [[Bel-ibni]] is deposed after a 3-year reign and sent into exile.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Grayson |first=Albert Kirk |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ydcGZA6k5nwC&dq=Bel-ibni&pg=PA77 |title=Assyrian and Babylonian Chronicles |date=2000 |publisher=Eisenbrauns |isbn=978-1-57506-049-1 |pages=77 |language=}}</ref> He is replaced by Sennacherib's son, [[Ashur-nadin-shumi]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Leick |first=Gwendolyn |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9BPh8lh1fFEC&q=ibni+&pg=PA58 |title=The Babylonians: An Introduction |date=2003 |publisher=Psychology Press |isbn=978-0-415-25314-7 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Mattingly |first=Harold |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K-o8AAAAIAAJ&dq=Bel-ibni+king+of+babylon+death&pg=PA8 |title=Outlines of Ancient History: From The Earliest Times To The Fall Of The Roman Empire In The West, Ad 476 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=1914 |pages=8 |language=}}</ref>
* 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 civilization|Etruscan]] supremacy period in [[Italy]].
* c. 700 BC — Construction of the [[Yeha|Temple of Yeha]] in [[Ethiopia]]
* After c. 700 BC – Cities again begin to appear on the [[Indian subcontinent]], especially in the north.

== Significant People ==

==Deaths==
* 705 BC—[[Sargon II]], king of [[Assyria]].
* 705 BC—[[Marquis Xiaozi of Jin]], ruler of the state of Jin.
* 704 BC—[[Duke Xian of Qin (725–704 BC)|Duke Xian of Qin]]
* 702 BC—[[Marduk-apla-iddina II|Merodach Baladan]], Babylonian ruler
* 702 BC—[[Shabaka]], Kushite pharaoh of the [[Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt]]
* 701 BC—[[Duke Zhuang of Zheng]], China.

== Births ==
* 708 BC—[[Chuzi I]], duke of [[Qin (state)|Qin]]
* 705 BC—[[Achaemenes]], eponymous apical ancestor of the [[Achaemenid dynasty]] of rulers from [[Persis]].
* 700 BC—[[Mentuemhat]], Egyptian government official.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bierbrier |first=M. L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DKafEAAAQBAJ&dq=Mentuemhat+700&pg=PA153 |title=Historical Dictionary of Ancient Egypt |date=2022-11-30 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-5381-5750-3 |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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