Decades: 780s BC 770s BC 760s BC 750s BC 740s BC - 730s BC - 720s BC 710s BC 700s BC 690s BC 680s BC

• 739 BC - Hiram II becomes king of Tyre
• 738 BC - King Tiglath-Pileser III of Assyria invades Israel, forcing it to pay tribute
• 730 BC - Egypt: End of Twenty-second Dynasty
• 730 BC - Egypt: End of Twenty-third Dynasty,
• 730 BC - Egypt: Start of Twenty-fourth Dynasty
• 730 BC - Mattan II succeeds Hiram II as king of Tyre