700 Bc

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700 Bc

EVENTS AND TRENDS

706 BC — Sparta n immigrants found Taras ('' Tarentum '', the modern Taranto ) Colony in Southern Italy .

706 BC — Sargon II dies.

705 BC — Sennacherib succeeds his father Sargon II as king of Assyria .

704 BC — Sennacherib moves the Capital of Assyria to Nineveh .

701 BC — King Hezekiah of Judah , backed by Egypt , revolts against king Sennacherib of Assyria . Sennacherib sacks many Israeli 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.

c. 700 BC — Geometric period of vases ended in Ancient Greece . Orientalizing period of vases started.

c. 700 BC — Hesiod writes " Theogony ".

c. 700 BC – 509 BC — Etruscan supremacy period in Italy .

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