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| 700 BC In other calendars | |
| Jewish calendar | 3061/62 |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita LIV (54) |
| Ongoing events | |
| Ancient Greece : The classical age replaces the archaic (since approx. 750 BC). | |
| Eastern Zhou dynasty / period of spring and autumn annals in China (since 770/722 BC) | |
| Hallstatt period Ha C ( Iron Age ) in Europe (since approx. 800 BC) | |
| Dong-Son culture in northern Vietnam and southern China (since around 800 BC) | |
| Middle Preclassic period among the Maya (since approx. 900 BC) | |
| Antiquity in the Mediterranean region (since approx. 1200/800 BC) | |
| La Venta period among the Olmecs in Mesoamerica (since approx. 1500 BC) | |
Events
Politics and world events
Middle East
- around 700 BC Chr .: heyday of the South Arabian empire Saba , formation of a large empire under the ruler Karib'il Watar I.
Mediterranean area
- around 700 BC Chr .: Destruction of Lefkandi ("Old Eretria") in the Lelantic War
- around 700 BC Chr .: waves of immigration from Greece to Anatolia : several cities emerge.
- around 700 BC Chr .: Celtic tribes immigrate to Britain .
- around 700 BC Chr .: In Greece written laws become common and gradually take the place of judicial arbitrariness ; also produced poetry and music . The hoplite tactic emerges : a closed phalanx replaces the knightly lone warriors.
Science and culture
- around 700 BC Chr .: In Assyria's capital, Nineveh , a library made of clay tablets is built, but it is destroyed with the fall of the Assyrian Empire.
- around 700 BC Chr .: First circumnavigation of the whole of Africa by Phoenician seafarers
religion
- around 700 BC Chr .: In Persia donates Zarathustra to Zoroastrianism (the date is disputed).
- around 700 to 200 BC Chr. In the Late Vedic period produced the Upanishads