730s BC
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| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
| Centuries: | 9th century BC - 8th century BC - 7th century BC |
| Decades: | 760s BC 750s BC 740s BC - 730s BC - 720s BC 710s BC 700s BC |
| Years: | 739 BC 738 BC 737 BC 736 BC 735 BC 734 BC 733 BC 732 BC 731 BC 730 BC |
| Categories: | Births - Deaths - Architecture Establishments - Disestablishments |
[edit] 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.
- 735 BC — Naxos in Sicily founded as a colony of Chalcis in Euboea. (traditional date)
- 734 BC — Syracuse founded in Sicily as a joint colony of Corinth and Tenea, under the leadership of Archias
- 732 BC — Hoshea becomes the last king of Israel.
- 730 BC — Northern Egypt ceases to be ruled by Libyan pharaohs.
- 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.
- 730 BC — Leontini in Sicily is founded by colonists from Naxos
