Editing 720s BC

{{Short description|Decade}}
This article concerns the period '''729 BC – 720 BC'''.
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==Events and trends==
* 728 BC—[[Piye]] invades [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]], conquering [[Memphis, Egypt|Memphis]], and receives the submission of the rulers of the [[Nile Delta]]. He founds the [[Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt]].
* 728 BC—[[Diocles of Corinth]] wins the [[Stadion (running race)|stadion race]] at the 13th [[Ancient Olympic Games|Olympic Games]].
* 727 BC—[[Babylonia]] makes itself independent of [[Assyria]], upon the death of [[Tiglath-Pileser III]].
* 725 BC—[[Shalmaneser V]] starts a 3-year siege of Israel.
* 725 BC—Sparta conquers the neighboring region of [[Messenia (ancient region)|Messenia]] and takes over the land.
* 724 BC—The [[Assyria]]ns start a four-year siege of [[Tyre (Lebanon)|Tyre]].
* 724 BC—The ''[[Ancient Greek units of measurement|diaulos]]'' footrace is first introduced at the Olympics.
[[File:Lammasu.jpg|right|200px|thumb|A [[lamassu]] from the palace of [[Sargon II]] at [[Dur-Sharrukin]].]]
* 724 BC—[[Desmon of Corinth]] wins the stadion race at the 14th Olympic Games.
* 722 BC—In the fifth month of the year during the summer, [[Duke Zhuang of Zheng]] defeats his younger brother Gongshu Duan ({{lang|zh|[[:zh:共叔段|共叔段]]}}) north of present-day [[Yanling County, Henan|Yanling County]].<ref name="govylgk">{{cite web |url=http://www.yanling.gov.cn/ylgk/001001/20180502/48bbc01a-1cf1-455e-b408-289d57d07c5d.html |script-title=zh:鄢陵概况 |date=2 May 2018 |access-date=4 January 2019 |language=zh-hans |script-website=zh:郑伯克段于鄢、晋楚鄢陵之战、唐雎不辱使命等事件均发生于此。}}</ref><ref name="cihai">{{cite book |editor1=夏征农 |editor2=陈至立 |script-title=zh:辞海：第六版彩图本 |trans-title=[[Cihai]] (Sixth Edition in Color) |date=September 2009 |location=[[Shanghai]] |publisher=[[Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House]] |isbn=9787532628599 |language=zh |page=2632 |quote={{lang|zh-hans|鄢（yān）1古国名、邑名。西周封国。妘姓，在今河南鄢陵西北。春秋初被郑武公灭后为郑邑。《春秋》隐公元年（公元前722年）：“郑伯克段于鄢。”即此。后改称鄢陵。}}}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |script-title=zh:新譯古文觀止（增訂五版）|trans-title=New Translation of [[Guwen Guanzhi]] (Expanded and Revised, 5th edition) |isbn=978-957-14-5607-2 |date=2012 |edition=5 |translator=[[Hsieh Ping-ying]] |translator2=Hsiao-yu Chang |lang=zh-tw |location=[[Taipei]] |publisher=[[:zh:三民書局|San Min Book Co., Ltd.]] |pages=1,2 |quote={{lang|zh-tw|鄭伯克段于鄢{...}鄢，鄭國邑名，在今河南鄢陵北。}}}}</ref><ref name="durrant">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=En_WDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA6 |title=Zuo Tradition / Zuozhuan: Commentary on the "Spring and Autumn Annals" |date=2016 |pages=6,7 |author=Stephen Durrant |author2=Wai-yee Li |author3=David Schaberg |publisher=[[University of Washington Press]] |isbn=9780295806730 |via=[[Google Books]] |quote=6 Yan {{lang|zh|鄢}} was located north of present-day Yanling County {{lang|zh-hant|鄢陵縣}}, Henan.{...}[[:zh:魯隱公|LORD YIN]] 1 (722 BCE) ANNALS{...}In summer, in the fifth month, the Liege of Zheng overcame Duan (Gongshu Duan) at Yan.6}}</ref>
* 722 BC—[[Kingdom of Israel (Samaria)|Northern Kingdom of Israel]] is conquered by [[Assyrian people|Assyrian]] king [[Sargon II]].
* 722 BC—[[Duke Huan of Lu#Accession to the throne|Duke Yin]] accedes to the throne of [[Lu (state)|Lu]] in China, the first event recorded in the [[Spring and Autumn Annals]].
* 721 BC—The Assyrians conquer the tribes of northern Israel.
* 721 BC—[[Sargon II]] starts to rule. He builds a new capital at [[Dur Sharrukin]] (modern [[Khorsabad]]).
* 720 BC—End of the [[Assyria]]n siege of [[Tyre (Lebanon)|Tyre]].
* 720 BC—[[Orsippus of Megara]] wins the stadion race at the 15th Olympic Games.
* 720 BC—The "''[[Dolichos (running race)|dolichos]]''" footrace is introduced at the Olympics.
* 720 BC—Guardian figure ''(pictured, right)'', from the entrance to the [[throne room]] at palace of [[Sargon II]] is made. It is now kept in the [[Oriental Institute, Chicago]].

==Significant People==
*729 BC—[[Tiglath-Pileser III]] officially crowned sovereign of [[Asia]] in [[Babylon]].
*729 BC—[[Hezekiah]] succeeds [[Ahaz]] as king of [[kingdom of Judah|Judah]] (or [[726 BC]]).
*729 BC—[[Luli]] succeeds [[Mattan II]] as king of [[Tyre (Lebanon)|Tyre]].
*728 BC—Death of [[Tiglath-Pileser III]], king of [[Assyria]] (or [[727 BC]]).
*727 BC—[[Shalmaneser V]] becomes king of [[Assyria]] (dies [[722 BC]]).
*727 BC—[[Tefnakhte]] founds the [[Twenty-fourth Dynasty of Egypt]].
*726 BC—[[Hezekiah]] succeeds [[Ahaz]] as king of [[kingdom of Judah|Judah]] (or [[729 BC]]).
*725 BC—[[Bakenranef]] (also known as Bocchoris) succeeds his father [[Tefnakhte]] as king of the [[Twenty-fourth Dynasty of Egypt]].
*724 BC—[[Ahaz]], king of [[Kingdom of Judah|Judah]] ([[740 BC]]–[[726 BC]]) dies.
*722 BC—[[Shalmaneser V]], king of [[Assyria]], dies.
*722 BC—[[Sargon II|Sargon]] succeeds [[Shalmaneser V]] as king of [[Assyria]].
*721 BC—[[Shabaka]] succeeds his father [[Piye]] as king of the [[Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt]].
*720 BC—[[Shabaka]] kills [[Bakenranef]] (Bocchoris), ending the [[Twenty-fourth Dynasty of Egypt]]
*720 BC—Death of [[Zhou Ping Wang|King Ping]] of the [[Zhou dynasty]] of [[China]].
*720 BC—Birth of [[Guan Zhong]], political adviser of [[Qi (state)|Qi]] in eastern [[History of China#Ancient China|ancient China]].

==References==
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