710s BC

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Millennia:	[[1Template:Ordinal/th millennium BC\|1Template:Ordinal/th millennium BC]]
Centuries:	[[9Template:Ordinal/th century BC\|9Template:Ordinal/th century BC]] - [[8Template:Ordinal/th century BC\|8Template:Ordinal/th century BC]] - [[7Template:Ordinal/th century BC\|7Template:Ordinal/th century BC]]
Decades:	740s BC 730s BC 720s BC - 710s BC - 700s BC 690s BC 680s BC
Years:	719 BC 718 BC 717 BC 716 BC 715 BC 714 BC 713 BC 712 BC 711 BC 710 BC
Categories:	Births - Deaths - State leaders - Sovereign states Establishments - Disestablishments

[edit] Events and trends

Judah, Tyre and Sidon revolt against Assyria.
719 BC — Zhou Huan Wang of the Zhou Dynasty becomes ruler of China.
718 BC — Gyges becomes the ruler of Lydia.
717 BC — Assyrian king Sargon conquers the Hittites stronghold of Carchemish.
717 BC — Sargon II founds a new capital for Assyria at Dur-Sharrukin.
717 BC–716 BC — Sargon II leads his armies in a sweeping attack along the Philistine coast, where he defeated the pharaoh.
716 BC — Roman legend marks this as the date that Romulus ended his rule.
715 BC — Start of the reign of the second King of Rome — Numa Pompilius.
c. 715 BC — Conquest of Messenia by Sparta ends.
713 BC — Numa Pompilius reforms the Roman calendar.
712 BC — Numa Pompilius creates the office of Pontifex Maximus.
c. 710 BC — Medes is united.