# 730s BC

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This article concerns the period '''739 BC – 730 BC'''.
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==Events and trends==
* [739 BC](/source/739_BC)—[Hiram II](/source/Hiram_II) succeeds [Ithobaal II](/source/Ithobaal_II) as king of [Tyre](/source/Tyre_(Lebanon)).
* [738 BC](/source/738_BC)—King [Tiglath-Pileser III](/source/Tiglath-Pileser_III) of [Assyria](/source/Assyria) invades [Israel](/source/Kingdom_of_Israel_(Samaria)), forcing it to pay tribute.
* 738 BC—The [Biskupin](/source/Biskupin) settlement northeast of [Poznań](/source/Pozna%C5%84) ([Poland](/source/Poland)) is built.
* [737](/source/737_BC) and [736 BC](/source/736_BC)—King [Tiglath-Pileser III](/source/Tiglath-Pileser_III) of [Assyria](/source/Assyria) invades [Iran](/source/Iran), conquering the [Medes](/source/Medes) and [Persians](/source/Persian_people) and slaughtering, enslaving or deporting many.<ref>{{cite book|title=Ancient Iraq|url=https://archive.org/details/ancientiraq00roux|url-access=registration|first=Georges|last=Roux}}</ref>
* 736 BC—Leochares of [Messenia](/source/Messenia_(ancient_region)) wins the stadion race at the eleventh [Olympic Games](/source/Ancient_Olympic_Games).
* [735 BC](/source/735_BC)—[Naxos](/source/Naxos_(Sicily)) in [Sicily](/source/Sicily) founded as a [colony](/source/colony) of [Chalcis](/source/Chalcis) in [Euboea](/source/Euboea). (traditional date)
* [734 BC](/source/734_BC)—[Syracuse](/source/Syracuse%2C_Sicily) founded in [Sicily](/source/Sicily) as a joint colony of [Corinth](/source/Ancient_Corinth) and [Tenea](/source/Tenea), under the leadership of [Archias of Corinth](/source/Archias_of_Corinth).
* [733 BC](/source/733_BC)—King [Tiglath-Pileser III](/source/Tiglath-Pileser_III) of [Assyria](/source/Assyria) conquers the Northern [Kingdom of Israel (Samaria)](/source/Kingdom_of_Israel_(Samaria)), and exiles its inhabitants.
* [732 BC](/source/732_BC)—King [Tiglath-Pileser III](/source/Tiglath-Pileser_III) of [Assyria](/source/Assyria) seizes [Damascus](/source/Damascus), executes [Rezin](/source/Rezin), King of the [Arameans](/source/Arameans), and deports the Aramaean inhabitants to [Kir of Moab](/source/Kir_of_Moab).<ref>''[2 Kings](/source/2_Kings)'' 16:9.</ref> (probable date)
* 732 BC—King [Tiglath-Pileser III](/source/Tiglath-Pileser_III) of [Assyria](/source/Assyria) defeats the Arab queen [Samsi](/source/Samsi) in battle and forces her to pay tribute to him.
* 732 BC—[Hoshea](/source/Hoshea) becomes the last [king of Israel](/source/Kingdom_of_Israel_(Samaria)).
* 732 BC—[Oxythemis of Cleonae/Coroneia](/source/Oxythemis_of_Coroneia) wins the stadion race at the twelfth Olympic Games.
* [730 BC](/source/730_BC)—Northern [Egypt](/source/Egypt) ceases to be ruled by [Libya](/source/Libya)n [pharaohs](/source/pharaohs).
* 730 BC—[Osorkon IV](/source/Osorkon_IV) succeeds [Pedubast II](/source/Pedubast_II) as king of the [Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt](/source/Twenty-second_Dynasty_of_Egypt). (approximate date)
* 730 BC—[Piye](/source/Piye) succeeds his father, [Kashta](/source/Kashta), as king of the [Nubia](/source/Nubia)n kingdom of [Napata](/source/Napata).
* 730 BC—[Mattan II](/source/Mattan_II) succeeds [Hiram II](/source/Hiram_II) as king of [Tyre](/source/Tyre_(Lebanon)).
* 730 BC—[Leontini](/source/Leontini) in Sicily is founded by colonists from [Naxos](/source/Naxos_(Sicily)).

==Significant People==
* [Xuan Jiang](/source/Xuan_Jiang), Chinese Duchess.

==References==
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