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760s BC
Decade
Decade
This article concerns the period 769 BC – 760 BC.
Events and trends
Main article: Assyrian eclipse
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763 BC—June 15—A solar eclipse at this date (in month Sivan) is used to fix the chronology of the Ancient Near East.
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Amaziah, king of Judah, dies and is succeeded by his son Uzziah.
Significant People
- Argishtis I of Urartu (r. 786-764 BC)
- Amaziah of Judah (co-ruled Judah with Uzziah c. 792-768 BC, according to Edwin R. Thiele)
- Archilaus, king of Sparta
- Marduk-apla-usur, king of Babylon (r. c. 780-769 BC)
- Eriba-Marduk, king of Babylon (r. c. 769-761 BC)
- Rivallo (legendary king of the Britons)
- Alara of Nubia, King of Kuch (r. 795-c. 765 BC
- Uzziah, king of Judah (ruled Judah solely until c. 751 BC)
References
es:Años 760 a. C.
References
- Safford, Truman Henry. (1899-04-28). "On the Total Solar Eclipse of May 28, 1900". Science.
- Burney, Charles. (2004). "Historical dictionary of the Hittites". Scarecrow Press.
- Chmiel, Jerzy. (1999-09-30). "90 lat Pontificium Institutum Biblicum w Rzymie". Ruch Biblijny i Liturgiczny.
- (2013-12-04). "Kassite Babylonia". Routledge.
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