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799 789 779 769 759 749 739 729 719 709
798 788 778 768 758 748 738 728 718 708
797 787 777 767 757 747 737 727 717 707
796 786 776 766 756 746 736 726 716 706
795 785 775 765 755 745 735 725 715 705
794 784 774 764 754 744 734 724 714 704
793 783 773 763 753 743 733 723 713 703
792 782 772 762 752 742 732 722 712 702
791 781 771 761 751 741 731 721 711 701
790 780 770 760 750 740 730 720 710 700

799
798
797
Shoshenq IV - (Egypt XXIII) Thebes (Userma'atre-Miamon)
Osorkon III + (Egypt XXIII) Thebes
796
795
794
793
792
791
790
Yaput I - (Egypt XXIII) Leontopolis
789
788
787
786
785
784
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)
779
778
777
776
First Olympiad in Greece (traditional date)
775
774
773
Pami - (Egypt XXII)
Shoshenq V + (Egypt XXII) Aakheperre
772
Second Olympiad
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)
768
Third Olympiad
Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
767
Egyptian Dynasty XXV - Kushite Era
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)
764
Fourth Olympiad
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)
756
Sixth Olympiad
Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
755
Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
Hosea 755-722
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)
752
Seventh Olympiad
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)
748
Eighth Olympiad
Jeroboam II - (Israel)
Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
Tiglath Pileser 748-727
747
ERA OF NABONASSAR BEGINS - Start of Ptolemy's Canon (2/26/747) (* 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)
745
Egypt XXII - 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
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
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
Nabonassar ... (Babylon) (747-733) PC 1*
Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
740
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
Tiglath-Pileser III ... (Assyria) (745-727) King
Nabonassar ... (Babylon) (747-733) PC 1*
Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
738
Tiglath-Pileser III ... (Assyria) (745-727) King
Nabonassar ... (Babylon) (747-733) PC 1*
Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
737
Tiglath-Pileser III ... (Assyria) (745-727) King
Nabonassar ... (Babylon) (747-733) PC 1*
Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
736
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
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
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
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
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
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
Ahaz ... (Judah) (735-715) King
Tiglath-Pileser III ... (Assyria) (745-727) King
Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
729
Ahaz ... (Judah) (735-715) King
Tiglath-Pileser III ... (Assyria) (745-727) King
Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
728
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
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
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
Ahaz ... (Judah) (735-715) King
Shalmaneser V ... (Assyria) (727-722) King
Ping ... (Eastern Zhou) (770-720) 13th Zhou King (Ji Yijiu)
724
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/722)
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
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

799 789 779 769 759 749 739 729 719 709
798 788 778 768 758 748 738 728 718 708
797 787 777 767 757 747 737 727 717 707
796 786 776 766 756 746 736 726 716 706
795 785 775 765 755 745 735 725 715 705
794 784 774 764 754 744 734 724 714 704
793 783 773 763 753 743 733 723 713 703
792 782 772 762 752 742 732 722 712 702
791 781 771 761 751 741 731 721 711 701
790 780 770 760 750 740 730 720 710 700

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