Centuries: 9th century BC - 8th century BC - 7th century BC

Decades: 750s BC 740s BC 730s BC 720s BC 710s BC - 700s BC - 690s BC 680s BC 670s BC 660s BC 650s BC

Events and trends

• 706 BC - Spartan immigrants found Taras (Tarentum, the modern Taranto) colony in southern Italy.
• 705 BC - Sennacherib succeeds his brother Shalmaneser V as king of Assyria.
• 704 BC - Sennacherib moves the capital of Assyira to Nineveh.
• 701 BC - King Hezekiah of Judah, backed by Egypt, revolts against king Sennacherib of Assyria. Sennacherib sacks many Palestinian 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 Upanishads, a sacred text of Hinduism, are written around this time.

Significant people

700s BC

700'erne f.Kr. | Años 700 adC | K. a. 700ko hamarkada | Années -700 | Anni 700 a.C. | 700-е до н. э. | 0. roky 8. storočia pred Kr. | 700-vuosikymmen eaa | MA 700. yıllar | 前700年代