"701 bc."

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Events

Roman
King: Numa Pompilius.
Revolt against Assyria King Hezekiah (Hezekiah), Tyre, Sidon, Philistines, Arabs supported by Egypt. King Elulai of Tyre fled to Cyprus. Siege of Tyre. Suppression of the uprising in Phoenicia. Sinahherib made Tubaal of Sidon king of Syria. Most of the rebels were obedient. The captivity of Sidkiah, king of Ascalon.
The defeat of the Egyptians by the Assyrians at Eltek (near Ekron). The captivity of Pharaoh's sons. The ruin of Judea. The capture of Lachish. Hezekiah is besieged in Jerusalem. An epidemic breaks out in the Assyrian army. Hezekiah paid off with a huge tribute.

China
The 11th year of the reign of Lu Prince Huang-gun.
In the 1st moon, the Cis, Wei, and Zheng concluded a treaty at E-tsao.
In the 5th moon, on the day of Gui-wei, Prince Zheng Zhuang-gong (Wu-sheng) died, buried in the 7th moon. Ji-zhong put in power his son from the Dan princess Hu (Zhao-gong, no era).
(Chapter 38, Shi Chi, 702, Chapter 39, 703) In the 9th moon, Zheng dignitary Ji-zhong was captured in Song, and the Song prince demanded that Tu (the son of Zhuang-gun and the daughter of the Song dignitary Yun) be placed as the Zheng ruler, to which Ji Zhong agreed and concluded a treaty of alliance.
At moon 9, Tu returned to Zheng. On the day of Xin Hai (Shi Chi) Hu fled to Wei (Tso Zhuan is called Ding Hai Day). On the day of Ji-hai Tu was put in power in Zheng (Li-gong, reigns 700-693 and 679-673).
At moon 9, Princes Song and Chen, Lu Ambassador Zhou and Tsai Ambassador Shu concluded a treaty at Zhe. At the same time, the Lu and Sun princes held a congress in Fu-zhong (location in Cheng). In the 12th moon, Princes Lu and Song held a congress in Kan (Lou).
In Wei Xuan-gong, because of the slander of his second wife, he decided to destroy Ji's heir. His younger half-brother, Shaw, tried to save Ji, but the robbers, on Gun's orders, killed both. Then Xuan-gong appointed the son of Shaw as the heir. In Shi Ching, the events are described in the song "Two Children Get on a Boat" (I, III 19).