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799
798
797
Shoshenq IV - (Egypt XXIII) Thebes (Userma'atre-Miamon)
Osorkon III + (Egypt XXIII) Thebes
796
795
794
793
792
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
Hosea 755-722
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)
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 (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)
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
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 Works and Days- 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




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