705 - The death of Sargon during a campaign on Tabal (in the fight against the Cimmerians).
705-681 - King of Assyria Sinacheherib, son of Sargon II.
705 - After the death of Sargon, the Chaldeans, Elam, Arabs, Arameans, Judea, the cities of Phenicia, Syria, Egypt unite against Assyria.
China
The 7th year of the reign of Lusk Prince Huan-gun[1] .
In the 2nd moon, on the day of ji-hai, the town of Xian-qiu in Lu burned down [2] .
In the summer, the Gusky Bo Sui and the Danish Hou U-Li (that is, the Princes Gu and Dan arrived in Lu for an audience (according to Gongyan and Gulyan, these princes were expelled from their possessions) [3] .
In Chen , Li-gong was born Prince Jing-chung Wan. According to later sources, the chief astrologer from Zhou predicted, guessing from the Book of Changes, that his descendants would rule in Qi[4] .
Sources
↑Confucius Chronicle " Chunqiu " ("Springs and Autumn").Translation and notes by N. I. Monastyrev.M., 1999. P. 14
↑Chunqiu, News 1
↑Chunqiu, news 2-3 and notes on p.120
↑Sima Qian.Historical notes.In 9 t. T. III.M., 1984. S. 97;T. V. M., 1987. S. 103;T. VI.M., 1992. S. 107