720s BC

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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 Assyrians start a four-year siege of Tyre
724 BC - The diaulos footrace introduced at the Olympics.
723 BC - Israel conquered by Assyria
723 BC - Spring and Autumn Period of China's history begins as King Zhou ping wang of the Zhou Dynasty reigns in name only.
720 BC - End of the Assyrian 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
724 BC - Ahaz, king of Judah dies (740 BC-726 BC)
723 BC - Sargon succeeds Shalmaneser V as king of Assyria
720 BC - Death of Zhou ping wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
720 BC - Bakenrenef (also known as Bocchoris) succeeds his father Tefnakhte as king of the Twenty-fourth dynasty of Egypt.

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