•
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. • 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. (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==