700 Bce

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700 Bce

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EVENTS AND TRENDS

706 BC - Sparta n 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 Upanishad s, a sacred text of Hinduism, are written around this time.

SIGNIFICANT PEOPLE