701 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	9th century BC – 8th century BC – 7th century BC
Decades:	730s BC  720s BC  710s BC  – 700s BC –  690s BC  680s BC  670s BC
Years:	704 BC 703 BC 702 BC – 701 BC – 700 BC 699 BC 698 BC

701 BC in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	701 BC
Ab urbe condita	53
Ancient Egypt era	XXV dynasty, 52
- Pharaoh	Shebitku, 7
Ancient Greek era	19th Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar	4050
Bengali calendar	−1293
Berber calendar	250
Buddhist calendar	−156
Burmese calendar	−1338
Byzantine calendar	4808–4809
Chinese calendar	己卯年 (Earth Rabbit) 1996 or 1936     — to — 庚辰年 (Metal Dragon) 1997 or 1937
Coptic calendar	−984 – −983
Discordian calendar	466
Ethiopian calendar	−708 – −707
Hebrew calendar	3060–3061
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−644 – −643
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2401–2402
Holocene calendar	9300
Iranian calendar	1322 BP – 1321 BP
Islamic calendar	1363 BH – 1362 BH
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1633
Minguo calendar	2612 before ROC 民前2612年
Thai solar calendar	−158 – −157

Events

• King Hezekiah of Judah, backed by Egypt, revolts against king Sennacherib of Assyria. Sennacherib sacks many outlying towns and villages of the Kingdom of Judah, such as Tel Lachish, but fails in his attempt to take Jerusalem.

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