720s BC

This article concerns the period 729 BC – 720 BC.

Events and trends

• 728 BC—Piye invades Egypt, conquering 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 race at the 13th 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 and takes over the land.
• 724 BC—The
  Tyre
  .
• 724 BC—The diaulos footrace is first introduced at the Olympics.

• 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 (共叔段) north of present-day Yanling County.^[1][2][3][4]
• 722 BC—Northern Kingdom of Israel is conquered by Assyrian king Sargon II.
• 722 BC—Duke Yin accedes to the throne of 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—
  Khorsabad
  ).
• 720 BC—End of the
  Tyre
  .
• 720 BC—
  Orsippus of Megara
  wins the stadion race at the 15th Olympic Games.
• The "
  dolichos
  " footrace is introduced at the Olympics.
• c. 720 BC—Guardian figure (pictured, right), from the entrance to the
  Oriental Institute, Chicago
  .

Significant people

• 729 BC—Tiglath-Pileser III officially crowned sovereign of Asia in Babylon.
• 729 BC—
  726 BC
  ).
• 729 BC—
  Tyre
  .
• 728 BC—Death of
  727 BC
  ).
• 727 BC—
  722 BC
  ).
• 727 BC—
  Twenty-fourth dynasty of Egypt
  .
• 726 BC—
  729 BC
  ).
• 725 BC—
  Twenty-fourth dynasty of Egypt
  .
• 724 BC—
  726 BC
  ) dies.
• 722 BC—Shalmaneser V, king of Assyria, dies.
• 722 BC—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 Dynasty of China
  .
• c. 720 BC—Birth of Guan Zhong, political adviser of Qi in eastern Ancient China.

References