• 699 BC—
Hallashu-Inshushinak (
Khallushu) succeeds
Shuttir-Nakhkhunte as king of the
Elamite Empire. • 699 BC—
Manasseh succeeds Hezekiah as king of Judah. The first king who did not have an experience with the
Kingdom of Israel, Manasseh ruled with his mother, Hephzibah, as regent. • 699 BC—
Sennacherib carries out his fifth
military campaign in
Babylonia, a series of raids against the villages around the foot of
Mount Judi, located to the northeast of
Nineveh. • 698 BC—Death of
Chuzi I, ruler of the state of
Qin • 698 BC—Death of
Duke Xi of Qi, ruler of the state of
Qi • 697 BC—Birth of
Duke Wen of Jin in
China. • 697 BC—Death of
King Huan of Zhou in China. • 697 BC—
Manasseh becomes co-ruler with King
Hezekiah of
Judah. • 696 BC—
Zhou Zhuang Wang becomes king of the
Zhou Dynasty of
China. • 696 BC—
Cimmerian forces begin a conquest of
Phrygia (modern
Turkey), having failed in their efforts to defeat the
Assyrians and moved into
Anatolia. • 696 BC—Possible
migration of the
Armenians (approximate date). • 696 BC—Pantacles of
Athens wins the
stadion race at the 21st
Olympic Games. • 694 BC—
Duke Xiang of Qi and
Duke Huan of Lu meet at Luo(濼). Duke Huan of Lu and his wife,
Wen Jiang goes to
Qi. • 694 BC—Duke Huan of Lu dies in Qi, and Prince Peng Sheng(彭生) is killed. • 694 BC—Troops of Qi killed Zheng-zi Wei(7th ruler of
Zheng) and Gao Qumi(高渠弥). Ji Zhong(祭仲) invited Zheng-zi Ying(8th ruler of Zheng) from
Chen and helped him assume the throne. • 694 BC—Duke Hei Jian(黒肩) of
Zhou killed
King Zhuang of Zhou and plotted to help Prince Ke(克) assume the throne. Xin Bo(辛伯) reported it to King Zhuang, and killed Duke Hei Jian. Prince Ke defected to
Yan. • 694 BC—Death of
Ashur-nadin-shumi, Assyrian king of Babylon • 694 BC—Death of
Duke Huan of Lu, ruler of the state of Lu • 694 BC—Death of
Luli, king of Tyre • 693 BC—
Babylon is destroyed by the
Assyrian king
Sennacherib, but the city will be rebuilt in even greater splendor and luxury. He fights his way back north and captures various cities along the
River Euphrates (or 691 BC or
689 BC). • 693 BC—Death of
Nergal-ushezib, king of
Babylonia • 692 BC—Pantacles wins the stadion race for a second time and the
diaulos at the 22nd Olympic Games. • 692 BC—
Tirhakah, the last Ethiopian pharaoh, ascends the throne of
Egypt (approximate date). • 692 BC—
Karib'il Watar of
Saba' is recorded as having given "gifts" (tribute) to King
Sennacherib of
Assyria. • 691 BC—King Sennacherib of Assyria defeats king
Humban-nimena of
Elam in the
Battle of Halule. • 690 BC—
Duke Xiang of Qi,
Duke Xuan of Chen,
Zheng-zi Ying met at Chui(垂). • 690 BC—Marquis of Ji(紀) does not surrender to
Qi, and passes the throne to his younger brother,
Ji Ji(紀季). • 690 BC—Death of
King Wu of Chu • 690 BC—Death of
Xuan Jiang, Chinese Duchess. • 690 BC—
Taharqa, a king of the
Twenty-fifth Dynasty, ascends the throne of
Egypt (approximate date) • c. 690 BC—Death of
Manava, author of the Indian geometric text of Sulba Sutras. • 690s BC—
W'rn Hywt of
D'mt in
Ethiopia appears in the inscriptional record and mentions the king of Saba', Karib'il Watar. •
Greek colonization of the
Mediterranean in the next two centuries will be motivated primarily by a need to find new
food sources as
Greece's population expands. The barren and rocky soil of the
Greek Peninsula is inadequate to meet the people's alimentary needs (approximate date). ==References==