800-701 B.C. - Assyria

 

800 B.C.  

Iron Age hillfort created where Dover Castle will eventually stand, massive earth ramparts and ditches are constructed that will provide the foundation for the medieval castle’s curtain walls, regular cross-training trading takes place
    The people of Carthage (Phoenician city in present-day Tunisia) were mining silver in North Africa and southern Spain near modern day Cádiz

       

      799 B.C.

      Around the eighth century, the first wave of Celts arrived in Britain from mainland Europe

       

      792 B.C.  

      RULERS & ROYALTY: King Uzziah (also known as Azariah) begins his reign in Judah (2 Kings 15:1), he is the first king mentioned in Isaiah 1:1, Uzziah reigned for 52 years (12 years as co-regent), Isaiah began his ministry during his reign and receives his prophetic commission the year Uzziah died (740 B.C.) in Isaiah 6:1

       

      775 B.C.

      Earliest archaeological data for the foundation of the Phoenician city of Carthage—modern-day Tunisia—dates to the last quarter of the 8th century B.C., Carthage was a Phoenician maritime colony, they chose these colonies with great care,

      “focusing on the quality of harbors and their proximity to trade routes. The site chosen for Carthage in the center of the shore of the Gulf of Tunis was ideal; the city was built on a triangular peninsula covered with low hills and backed by the Lake of Tunis, with its safe anchorage and abundant supplies of fish”

      Tradition says that it was Phoenicians of Tyre that settled the city, later the Romans called the people of Carthage “Poeni,” where we get the word “Punic” as in the “Punic Wars” between the city of Carthage and the Romans between the middle of the 200s to the middle of the 100s (Encyclopedia Britannica)

       

      770 B.C.

      Jonah in Nineveh (770-750)

       

      750 B.C. 

      The Mayan Civilization builds their first cities

       

      743 B.C.

      RULERS & ROYALTY: Ahaz becomes king/co-regent of Judah (he rules for 16 years during Isaiah’s ministry, King Uzziah, his grandfather, is still alive, but probably suffering from leprosy)

       

      742 B.C.

      Micah’s ministry in Judah begins (742-687) He writes in his book “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for Me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times (or everlasting).” Micah 5:2 which Matthew quotes in his gospel in 70-80 A.D.  

       

      740 B.C.

      King Uzziah (also known as Azariah) of Judah dies,

      Isaiah receives a revelation of God’s glory in the Temple (Isaiah 6:1-8) which promises restoration despite the coming judgment on Israel (722) and the Temple (586), his ministry begins in Judah (740-681) 

      Isaiah also receives these messages/prophecies,

      “Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: The Virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel (God with us)”

      Is. 8:14, and also

      “The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned…For to us a child is born, to us a Son is given, and the government will be on His shoulders. He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David’s throne and over His kingdom, establishing it and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this.”

      Is. 9:3 / 6-7

      Matthew quotes Isaiah’s prophecy in his gospel in 70-80 A.D. about 820 years later, Isaiah is probably somewhere between 20 and 30 years old, because he ends his ministry 60 years later

       

      737 B.C.

      Micah begins his prophetic ministry to Judah

       

      734 B.C.

      According to the records of Tiglath-Pileser III (Assyrian king) written in 729 (held in the British Museum), King Ahaz of Judah paid him tribute in this year, Ahaz (or Jehoahaz) sought the help of the Assyrian king when Judah was under attack by King Rezen (or Rezin) of Aram (or Syria) and by King Pekah of Israel

       

      732 B.C.

      Assyrian domination begins in Babylon

       

      729 B.C.  

      Tiglath-Pileser III, king of Assyria has summaries written of those who have paid tribute to him (the tablet was found in 1873 by Austen Henry Layard when he discovered the palace of Tiglath-Pileser III in which were unearthed numerous inscriptions summarizing the king’s accomplishments, the inscription is now held in the British Museum)

       

      727 B.C.   

      Ahaz’s rule ends in Judah

       

      722 B.C.

      Exile of Israel to Assyria

       

      715 B.C.

      Hezekiah becomes king of Judah

       

      714 B.C.

      Hezekiah is king in Judah

      Ollamh Fódhla, High King in Ireland, founds rule by legislature and draws up a system of law; He also founds the great Féis Temhrach or Festival of Tara, which is held every three years and is where the laws are discussed and revised (The Druids, pg. 192, citing Irish sources) 

       

      705 B.C.  

      Sennacherib becomes king of Assyria

       

      701 B.C.

      Assyrian relief of the siege of Lachish is made—this is over a hundred years before the Lachish ostraca in 597 B.C.—it is now in the British Museum (TBMB 15)