730s BC
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Centuries: 9th century BC - 8th century BC - 7th century BC
Decades: 780s BC 770s BC 760s BC 750s BC 740s BC - 730s BC - 720s BC 710s BC 700s BC 690s BC 680s BC
Events and trends
- 739 BC - Hiram II becomes king of Tyre
- 738 BC - King Tiglath-Pileser III of Assyria invades Israel, forcing it to pay tribute
- 734 BC - Naxus in Sicily founded as a colony of Chalcis in Euboea. (traditional date)
- 730 BC - Osorkon IV succeeds Sheshonq IV as king of the Twenty-second dynasty of Egypt
- 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
