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Decade
This article concerns the period 739 BC – 730 BC.
Events and trends
-
739 BC—
Hiram II succeeds
Ithobaal II as king of
Tyre.
-
738 BC—King
Tiglath-Pileser III of
Assyria invades
Israel, forcing it to pay tribute.
- 738 BC—The
Biskupin settlement northeast of
Poznań (
Poland) is built.
-
737 and
736 BC—King
Tiglath-Pileser III of
Assyria invades
Iran, conquering the
Medes and
Persians and slaughtering, enslaving or deporting many.
[1]
- 736 BC—Leochares of
Messenia wins the stadion race at the eleventh
Olympic Games.
-
735 BC—
Naxos in
Sicily founded as a
colony of
Chalcis in
Euboea. (traditional date)
-
734 BC—
Syracuse founded in
Sicily as a joint colony of
Corinth and
Tenea, under the leadership of
Archias of Corinth.
-
733 BC—King
Tiglath-Pileser III of
Assyria conquers the Northern
Kingdom of Israel (Samaria), and exiles its inhabitants.
-
732 BC—King
Tiglath-Pileser III of
Assyria seizes
Damascus, executes
Rezin, King of the
Arameans, and deports the Aramaean inhabitants to
Kir of Moab.
[2] (probable date)
- 732 BC—King
Tiglath-Pileser III of
Assyria defeats the Arab queen
Samsi in battle and forces her to pay tribute to him.
- 732 BC—
Hoshea becomes the last
king of Israel.
- 732 BC—
Oxythemis of Cleonae/Coroneia wins the stadion race at the twelfth Olympic Games.
-
730 BC—Northern
Egypt ceases to be ruled by
Libyan
pharaohs.
- 730 BC—
Osorkon IV succeeds
Pedubast II as king of the
Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt. (approximate date)
- 730 BC—
Piye succeeds his father,
Kashta, as king of the
Nubian kingdom of
Napata.
- 730 BC—
Mattan II succeeds
Hiram II as king of
Tyre.
- 730 BC—
Leontini in Sicily is founded by colonists from
Naxos.
Significant People
References