760s BC
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This article concerns the period 769 BC – 760 BC.
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Events and trends
[edit]- 763 BC—June 15—A solar eclipse at this date (in month Sivan) is used to fix the chronology of the Ancient Near East.[1]
- Amaziah, king of Judah, dies and is succeeded by his son Uzziah.
Significant People
[edit]- Argishtis I of Urartu (r. 786-764 BC)[2]
- 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)[3]
- Eriba-Marduk, king of Babylon (r. c. 769-761 BC)[4]
- 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
[edit]- ^ Safford, Truman Henry (1899-04-28). "On the Total Solar Eclipse of May 28, 1900". Science. 9 (226): 615–616. doi:10.1126/science.9.226.615. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 17774828.
- ^ Burney, Charles (2004). Historical dictionary of the Hittites. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6564-8. OCLC 307478876.
- ^ Chmiel, Jerzy (1999-09-30). "90 lat Pontificium Institutum Biblicum w Rzymie". Ruch Biblijny i Liturgiczny. 52 (3): 268. doi:10.21906/rbl.2261. ISSN 2391-8497.
- ^ "Kassite Babylonia", The Ancient Near East, Routledge, pp. 388–402, 2013-12-04, doi:10.4324/9781315879895-32, ISBN 978-1-315-87989-5, retrieved 2022-07-20