797 Shoshenq IV - (Egypt XXIII) Thebes (Userma'atre-Miamon)
Osorkon III + (Egypt XXIII) Thebes
790 Yaput I - (Egypt XXIII) Leontopolis
783 Period of prosperity in Israel under Jeroboam II (-748)
Shoshenq III - (Egypt XXII)
Pami + (Egypt XXII)
Jeroboam II + (Israel)
782 Adad-Nirari III - (Assyria)
Ji Jing (Xuan Wang) - (China) Early (Western) Chou
781 Ji Gong Nie + (China) Early (Western) Chou (You Wang)
780 Alphabetic writing begins in Greece (Phoenician alphabet)
776 First Olympiad in Greece (traditional date)
Shoshenq V + (Egypt XXII) Aakheperre
771 WESTERN ZHOU - (Bamboo Annals)
Jung Tribes from the west (India) invade China
Takelot III + (Egypt XXIII) Thebes
Ji Gong Nie - (China) Early (Western) Chou (You Wang)
770 EASTERN ZHOU + (Bamboo Annals)
SPRING and AUTUMN PERIOD + (-481)
Ping + (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
769 Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
767 Egyptian Dynasty XXV - Kushite Era
"Negroid" Kushites of Sudan begin to take advantage of Egypt's decaying social fabric
Osorkon III - (Egypt XXIII) Thebes
Takelot III - (Egypt XXIII) Thebes
Amenrud + (Egypt XXIII) Thebes
Kashta + (Egypt XXV) Kushite
Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
766 Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
765 Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
763 Eclipse anchors Assyrian list of imperial officials
Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
762 Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
761 Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
760 First Greek colony on Italian mainland - Cumae
Egyptian Dynasty XXIV - Lybian dynasty of Great Chiefs of the West (-685)
Fifth Olympiad
Thotemhat + (Egypt XXIII) Hermopolis
Osorkon + (Egypt XXIV) GCW
Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
759 Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
758 Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
757 Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
754 Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
753 Rome founded (traditional date)
Kashta - (Egypt XXV) Kushite
Piye (Piankhy) + (Egypt XXV) Kushite
Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
751 Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
750 Works and Days and Theogony (Hesiod)
Iliad and Odyssey reach approximately their present forms (-700)
Kushite capture Thebes under Kashta - go on to capture Memphis as well under Piankhy
Greek Archaic period
Greeks begin to build large temples
Cumae founded by Chalcis - first Greek colony
Amos’ denunciation of the rich - Yahweh a god of justice
Sabaean kingdom begins in Yemen (-115 BC)
Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
Hesiod 750-700
749 Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
Jeroboam II - (Israel)
Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
Tiglath Pileser 748-727
747 ERA OF NABONASSAR BEGINS (2/26)
Start of Ptolemy's Canon - (2/26) (* denotes correct PC chronology)
Nabonassar + (Babylon) (747-733) PC 1*
Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
746 Nabonassar ... (Babylon) (747-733) PC 1*
Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
Egypt XXIII +
Tiglath-Pileser III + (Assyria) (745-727) King
Nabonassar ... (Babylon) (747-733) PC 1*
Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
744 Accession of Tiglath-pileser III
Reorganization of the Assyrian army and empire
Beginning of the century of Assyrian conquests, building and historical art
Ninth Olympiad
Tiglath-Pileser III ... (Assyria) (745-727) King
Nabonassar ... (Babylon) (747-733) PC 1*
Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
743 FIRST MESSENIAN WAR + (743-724) Sparta vs. Messenia
Sparta begins First Messenian War to conquer Messenia (750-716)
Tiglath-Pileser III ... (Assyria) (745-727) King
Nabonassar ... (Babylon) (747-733) PC 1*
Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
742 FIRST MESSENIAN WAR ... (743-724) Sparta vs. Messenia
Tiglath-Pileser III ... (Assyria) (745-727) King
Nabonassar ... (Babylon) (747-733) PC 1*
Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
Micah 742-687
741 FIRST MESSENIAN WAR ... (743-724) Sparta vs. Messenia
Nabonassar ... (Babylon) (747-733) PC 1*
Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
740 FIRST MESSENIAN WAR ... (743-724) Sparta vs. Messenia
Hosea's denunciation of the Israelites for their worship of gods other than Yahweh
Tenth Olympiad
Osorkon - (Egypt XXIV) GCW
Tefnakhte I + (Egypt XXIV) GCW
Tiglath-Pileser III ... (Assyria) (745-727) King
Nabonassar ... (Babylon) (747-733) PC 1*
Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
Isaiah 740-700
739 FIRST MESSENIAN WAR ... (743-724) Sparta vs. Messenia
Tiglath-Pileser III ... (Assyria) (745-727) King
Nabonassar ... (Babylon) (747-733) PC 1*
Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
738 FIRST MESSENIAN WAR ... (743-724) Sparta vs. Messenia
Tiglath-Pileser III ... (Assyria) (745-727) King
Nabonassar ... (Babylon) (747-733) PC 1*
Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
737 FIRST MESSENIAN WAR ... (743-724) Sparta vs. Messenia
Tiglath-Pileser III ... (Assyria) (745-727) King
Nabonassar ... (Babylon) (747-733) PC 1*
Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
736 FIRST MESSENIAN WAR ... (743-724) Sparta vs. Messenia
Eleventh Olympiad
Tiglath-Pileser III ... (Assyria) (745-727) King
Nabonassar ... (Babylon) (747-733) PC 1*
Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
735 FIRST MESSENIAN WAR ... (743-724) Sparta vs. Messenia
Shoshenq V - (Egypt XXII) Aakheperre
Osorkon IV + (Egypt XXII) Aakheperre
Yaput II ca. (Egypt XXIII) Leontopolis
Thotemhat - (Egypt XXIII) Hermopolis
Nimlot + (Egypt XXIII) Hermopolis
Ahaz + (Judah) (735-715) King
Pekah ... (Israel) (???-???) Kings
Rezin ... (Aram-Damascus) (???-???) King
Tiglath-Pileser III ... (Assyria) (745-727) King
Nabonassar ... (Babylon) (747-733) PC 1*
Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
734 FIRST MESSENIAN WAR ... (743-724) Sparta vs. Messenia
Syracuse founded by Corinth
Ahaz ... (Judah) (735-715) King
Tiglath-Pileser III ... (Assyria) (745-727) King
Nabonassar ... (Babylon) (747-733) PC 1*
Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
733 FIRST MESSENIAN WAR ... (743-724) Sparta vs. Messenia
Ahaz ... (Judah) (735-715) King
Tiglath-Pileser III ... (Assyria) (745-727) King
Nabonassar - (Babylon) (747-733) King PC 1*
Nabu-nadin-zeri + (Babylon) (733-731) King PC 2*
Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
732 FIRST MESSENIAN WAR ... (743-724) Sparta vs. Messenia
Assyrians overthrow city-state of Damascus
Twelfth Olympiad
Ahaz ... (Judah) (735-715) King
Tiglath-Pileser III ... (Assyria) (745-727) King
Nabu-nadin-zeri ... (Babylon) (733-731) King PC 2*
Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
731 FIRST MESSENIAN WAR ... (743-724) Sparta vs. Messenia
Ahaz ... (Judah) (735-715) King
Tiglath-Pileser III ... (Assyria) (745-727) King
Nabu-nadin-zeri - (Babylon) (733-731) King PC 2*
Mukin-zeri + (Babylon) PC 3*
Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
730 FIRST MESSENIAN WAR ... (743-724) Sparta vs. Messenia
Ahaz ... (Judah) (735-715) King
Tiglath-Pileser III ... (Assyria) (745-727) King
Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
729 FIRST MESSENIAN WAR ... (743-724) Sparta vs. Messenia
Ahaz ... (Judah) (735-715) King
Tiglath-Pileser III ... (Assyria) (745-727) King
Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
728 FIRST MESSENIAN WAR ... (743-724) Sparta vs. Messenia
Thirteenth Olympiad
Ahaz ... (Judah) (735-715) King
Tiglath-Pileser III ... (Assyria) (745-727) King
Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
727 FIRST MESSENIAN WAR ... (743-724) Sparta vs. Messenia
Ahaz ... (Judah) (735-715) King
Deioces (Med.) +
Tiglath-Pileser III - (Assyria) (745-727) King
Shalmaneser V + (Assyria) (727-722) King
Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
726 FIRST MESSENIAN WAR ... (743-724) Sparta vs. Messenia
Ahaz ... (Judah) (735-715) King
Shalmaneser V ... (Assyria) (727-722) King
UIulayu + PC 4*
Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
725 FIRST MESSENIAN WAR ... (743-724) Sparta vs. Messenia
Ahaz ... (Judah) (735-715) King
Shalmaneser V ... (Assyria) (727-722) King
Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
724 FIRST MESSENIAN WAR - (743-724) Sparta vs. Messenia
Fourteenth Olympiad
Hoshea becomes King of Israel (northern) and becomes a "servant" of Shalmaneser V, offering tribute
Ahaz ... (Judah) (735-715) King
Pekah - (Israel) (744-724) King
Hoshea + (Israel) (724-715) King (in Samaria)
Shalmaneser V ... (Assyria) (727-722) King
Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
723 Ahaz ... (Judah) (735-715) King
Shalmaneser V ... (Assyria) (727-722) King
Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
722 Assyria under Shalmaneser V conquers Samaria in Israel under Hoshea
Shalmaneser V dies in Samaria (12/Tebet)
Assyrians under Sargon II destroy Samaria
Assyrians destroy kingdom of Israel
Ahaz ... (Judah) (735-715) King
Shalmaneser V - (Assyria) (727-722) King
Sargon II + (Assyria) (722-705) PC 6*
Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
721 Israel Falls to Assyrians (722)
Shabaka + (Egypt XXV) (721-706) King (Kushite/Nubia)
Ahaz ... (Judah) (735-715) King
Sargon II ... (Assyria) (722-705) PC 6*
UIulayu - PC 4*
Merodach-baladan + (Babylonia) (721-709) King PC 5*
Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
720 Shabaka ... (Egypt XXV) (721-706) King (Kushite/Nubia)
Ahaz ... (Judah) (735-715) King
Sargon II ... (Assyria) (722-705) PC 6*
Merodach-baladan ... (Babylonia) (721-709) King PC 5*
Ping - (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
Huan + (Eastern Zhou) (720-697) 14th Zhou King (Ji Lin)
719 Shabaka ... (Egypt XXV) (721-706) King (Kushite/Nubia)
Ahaz ... (Judah) (735-715) King
Sargon II ... (Assyria) (722-705) PC 6*
Merodach-baladan ... (Babylonia) (721-709) King PC 5*
Huan ... (Eastern Zhou) (720-697) 14th Zhou King (Ji Lin)
718
Egypt XXIII -
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD (1070-664
B.C.E.)
Egypt XXIV + THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD (1070-664 B.C.E.)
Tefnakhte I - (Egypt XXIV) GCW
Bocchoris + (Egypt XXIV) GCW (King)
Shabaka ... (Egypt XXV) (721-706) King (Kushite/Nubia)
Ahaz ... (Judah) (735-715) King
Sargon II ... (Assyria) (722-705) PC 6*
Merodach-baladan ... (Babylonia) (721-709) King PC 5*
Huan ... (Eastern Zhou) (720-697) 14th Zhou King (Ji Lin)
717 Shabaka ... (Egypt XXV) (721-706) King (Kushite/Nubia)
Ahaz ... (Judah) (735-715) King
Sargon II ... (Assyria) (722-705) PC 6*
Merodach-baladan ... (Babylonia) (721-709) King PC 5*
Huan ... (Eastern Zhou) (720-697) 14th Zhou King (Ji Lin)
716 Shabaka ... (Egypt XXV) (721-706) King (Kushite/Nubia)
Ahaz ... (Judah) (735-715) King
Sargon II ... (Assyria) (722-705) PC 6*
Merodach-baladan ... (Babylonia) (721-709) King PC 5*
Huan ... (Eastern Zhou) (720-697) 14th Zhou King (Ji Lin)
715 Shabaka ... (Egypt XXV) (721-706) King (Kushite/Nubia)
Ahaz - (Judah) (735-715) King
Hezekiah + (Judah) (716-687) King
Sargon II ... (Assyria) (722-705) PC 6*
Merodach-baladan ... (Babylonia) (721-709) King PC 5*
Huan ... (Eastern Zhou) (720-697) 14th Zhou King (Ji Lin)
714 Sargon II of Assyria reduces Urartu
Shabaka ... (Egypt XXV) (721-706) King (Kushite/Nubia)
Hezekiah ... (Judah) (716-687) King
Sargon II ... (Assyria) (722-705) PC 6*
Merodach-baladan ... (Babylonia) (721-709) King PC 5*
Huan ... (Eastern Zhou) (720-697) 14th Zhou King (Ji Lin)
713 Shabaka ... (Egypt XXV) (721-706) King (Kushite/Nubia)
Hezekiah ... (Judah) (716-687) King
Sargon II ... (Assyria) (722-705) PC 6*
Merodach-baladan ... (Babylonia) (721-709) King PC 5*
Huan ... (Eastern Zhou) (720-697) 14th Zhou King (Ji Lin)
712 Osorkon IV - (Egypt XXII) Aakheperre
Bocchoris - (Egypt XXIV) GCW (King)
Tefnakhte II + (Egypt XXIV) GCW
Shabaka ... (Egypt XXV) (721-706) King (Kushite/Nubia)
Hezekiah ... (Judah) (716-687) King
Sargon II ... (Assyria) (722-705) PC 6*
Merodach-baladan ... (Babylonia) (721-709) King PC 5*
Huan ... (Eastern Zhou) (720-697) 14th Zhou King (Ji Lin)
711 Shabaka ... (Egypt XXV) (721-706) King (Kushite/Nubia)
Hezekiah ... (Judah) (716-687) King
Sargon II ... (Assyria) (722-705) PC 6*
Merodach-baladan ... (Babylonia) (721-709) King PC 5*
Huan ... (Eastern Zhou) (720-697) 14th Zhou King (Ji Lin)
710 Assyrians destroy kingdom of Chaldea
Sargon II takes Babylon
Shabaka ... (Egypt XXV) (721-706) King (Kushite/Nubia)
Hezekiah ... (Judah) (716-687) King
Sargon II ... (Assyria) (722-705) PC 6*
Merodach-baladan ... (Babylonia) (721-709) King PC 5*
Huan ... (Eastern Zhou) (720-697) 14th Zhou King (Ji Lin)
Archilochus
710-676 or
ca.680-645 Greek Lyric Iambic Poet (Paros)
709 Shabaka ... (Egypt XXV) (721-706) King (Kushite/Nubia)
Hezekiah ... (Judah) (716-687) King
Sargon II ... (Assyria) (722-705) PC 6*
Merodach-baladan - (Babylonia) (721-709) King PC 5*
Huan ... (Eastern Zhou) (720-697) 14th Zhou King (Ji Lin)
708 Hezekiah ... (Judah) (716-687) King
Sargon II ... (Assyria) (722-705) PC 6*
Huan ... (Eastern Zhou) (720-697) 14th Zhou King (Ji Lin)
707 Hezekiah ... (Judah) (716-687) King
Sargon II ... (Assyria) (722-705) PC 6*
Huan ... (Eastern Zhou) (720-697) 14th Zhou King (Ji Lin)
706 Shabaka - (Egypt XXV) (721-706) King (Kushite/Nubia)
Hezekiah ... (Judah) (716-687) King
Sargon II ... (Assyria) (722-705) PC 6*
Huan ... (Eastern Zhou) (720-697) 14th Zhou King (Ji Lin)
705 Hezekiah ... (Judah) (716-687) King
Sargon II - (Assyria) (722-705) PC 6*
Sennacherib + (Assyria) (705-681) King
Huan ... (Eastern Zhou) (720-697) 14th Zhou King (Ji Lin)
704 Hezekiah ... (Judah) (716-687) King
Sennacherib ... (Assyria) (705-681) King
First Kingless Period + PC 7*
Huan ... (Eastern Zhou) (720-697) 14th Zhou King (Ji Lin)
703 Hezekiah ... (Judah) (716-687) King
Sennacherib ... (Assyria) (705-681) King
Huan ... (Eastern Zhou) (720-697) 14th Zhou King (Ji Lin)
702 Hezekiah ... (Judah) (716-687) King
Sennacherib ... (Assyria) (705-681) King
First Kingless Period - PC 7*
Bel-ibni + PC 8*
Huan ... (Eastern Zhou) (720-697) 14th Zhou King (Ji Lin)
701 Sennacherib launches massive Assyrian invasion of Judah
Assyrians siege Judean city of Lachish (II Kings 18-20)
Sennacherib establishes Assyrian capital at Nineveh
Hezekiah ... (Judah) (716-687) King
Sennacherib ... (Assyria) (705-681) King
Huan ... (Eastern Zhou) (720-697) 14th Zhou King (Ji Lin)
700 Hesiod denounces the rich - Zeus god of justice
Development of hoplite tactics in Greece
Monarchies in Greece give way to oligarchies
Cimmerians destroy Phrygia
Union of Attica
Hezekiah ... (Judah) (716-687) King
Sennacherib ... (Assyria) (705-681) King
Huan ... (Eastern Zhou) (720-697) 14th Zhou King (Ji Lin)
Kapila 700-650 Founder Samkhya School