717 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	9th century BC – 8th century BC – 7th century BC
Decades:	740s BC  730s BC  720s BC  – 710s BC –  700s BC  690s BC  680s BC
Years:	720 BC 719 BC 718 BC – 717 BC – 716 BC 715 BC 714 BC

717 BC in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	717 BC
Ab urbe condita	37
Ancient Egypt era	XXV dynasty, 36
- Pharaoh	Shabaka, 5
Ancient Greek era	15th Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar	4034
Bengali calendar	−1309
Berber calendar	234
Buddhist calendar	−172
Burmese calendar	−1354
Byzantine calendar	4792–4793
Chinese calendar	癸亥年 (Water Pig) 1980 or 1920     — to — 甲子年 (Wood Rat) 1981 or 1921
Coptic calendar	−1000 – −999
Discordian calendar	450
Ethiopian calendar	−724 – −723
Hebrew calendar	3044–3045
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−660 – −659
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2385–2386
Holocene calendar	9284
Iranian calendar	1338 BP – 1337 BP
Islamic calendar	1379 BH – 1378 BH
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1617
Minguo calendar	2628 before ROC 民前2628年
Thai solar calendar	−174 – −173

Events

• The Sicilian colony of Chersonesos is established (or 716 BC).
• Assyrian king Sargon conquers the Hittite stronghold of Carchemish.

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