The 700s BC
25 sourced entries across 8 years, inside the 8th century BC. Each year below opens its own page; the lines under it are that year’s highest-ranked entries.
708 BCE2 entries
- 708 BC—Traditional date of the foundation of Croton (modern Crotone) by colonists from Achaea.
- 708 BC—Tellis of Sicyon wins the stadion race at the 18th Olympic Games.
707 BCE1 entries
- 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 BCE2 entries
- 706 BC—Traditional date when Spartan immigrants found Taras (Tarentum, the modern Taranto) colony in southern Italy.
- 706 BC—The Assyrian royal court is moved to Dur-Sharrukin.
705 BCE4 entries
- 705 BC—Sennacherib succeeds his father Sargon II.
704 BCE2 entries
- 704 BC—Sennacherib moves the capital of Assyria to Nineveh.
- 704 BC—Menos of Megara wins the stadion race at the 19th Olympic Games.
702 BCE2 entries
701 BCE2 entries
- 701 BC—November 10—King Hezekiah of 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 BCE10 entries
- 700 BC—The Scythians start settling in Cimmerian areas, slowly replacing the previous inhabitants.
- 700 BC—Assyrian king Sennacherib launches another campaign into the Chaldean region, where the Babylonian rebel Merodach-Baladan II has been conspiring against him. Merodach-Baladan takes refuge in Elam, north of the Persian Gulf.
- 700 BC—The Upanishads, a sacred text of Hinduism, are written around this time.