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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 .

727 BC - Babylonia makes itself independent of Assyria

724 BC - The Assyria ns start a four-year siege of Tyre

724 BC - The '' Diaulos '' footrace introduced at the Olympics .

723 BC - Spring And Autumn Period of China 's history begins as King Zhou Ping Wang of the Zhou Dynasty reigns in name only.

722 BC - Israel is conquered by Assyria

720 BC - End of the Assyria n siege of Tyre

SIGNIFICANT PEOPLE

729 BC - Tiglath-Pileser III officially crowned sovereign of Asia in Babylon

729 BC - Hezekiah succeeds Ahaz as king of Judah (or 726 BC)

729 BC - Luli succeeds Mattan II as king of Tyre

728 BC - Death of Tiglath-Pileser III , king of Assyria (or 727 BC)

727 BC - Shalmaneser V becomes king of Assyria (dies 723 BC)

727 BC - Tefnakhte founds the Twenty-fourth Dynasty Of Egypt

725 BC - Bakenranef (also known as Bocchoris) succeeds his father Tefnakhte as king of the Twenty-fourth Dynasty Of Egypt .

724 BC - Ahaz , king of Judah dies ( 740 BC -726 BC)

723 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 Ping Wang , King of the Zhou Dynasty of China .