710s BC
This article concerns the period 719 BC – 710 BC.
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Events
- Zhou Dynasty becomes ruler of China.
- 718 BC — Gyges becomes the ruler of Lydia.
- 717 BC — Assyrian king Sargon conquers the Neo-Hittite state of Carchemish.[1]
- 717 BC — 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 defeats the pharaoh.
- 717 BC — Roman legend marks this as the date that Romulus ended his rule. Interregnum starts.
- 716 BC — Pythagoras of Laconia wins the stadion race at the 16th Olympic Games.
- 715 BC — Interregnum ends. 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, King of Rome, reforms the Roman calendar, introducing January and February and adding 5 days to the calendar.
- 713 BC — Olmecs establish Monte Albán, the sacred city, and continue building pyramids.
- Pontifex Maximus.
- 712 BC — Polus of Epidaurus wins the stadion race at the 17th Olympic Games.
- c. 710 BC — The Medesare united.
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Significant people
- 716 BC—Piye dies.
- Twenty-second dynasty of Egypt.
- 713 BC—Birth of semi-legendary Zalmoxis in Dacia.
- 711 BC (according to legend)—Birth of semi-legendary Emperor Jimmu, the first Emperor of Japan.
References
- ISSN 2196-680X.