, by
Martin Heemskerck, with
Tower of Babel in the background.
690s BC •
699 BC:
Khallushu succeeds
Shuttir-Nakhkhunte as king of the
Elamite Empire. •
697 BC: Death of
King Huan of Zhou, king of the
Zhou dynasty of
China. •
696 BC:
King Zhuang of Zhou becomes king of the
Zhou dynasty of
China. •
696 BC: The
Cimmerians ravage
Phrygia, possible migration of the
Armenians. •
691 BC: King
Sennacherib of
Assyria defeats king
Humban-nimena of
Elam in the
Battle of Halule. •
690 BC:
Taharqa, a king of the
Twenty-fifth Dynasty, ascends the throne of
Egypt (approximate date). •
690s BC: —
W'rn Hywt of
D'mt in
Ethiopia appears in the inscriptional record and mentions the king of Saba', Karib'il Watar. • c. 690 BC-
664 BC—
Sphinx of Taharqa, from Temple T,
Kawa,
Nubia, is made.
Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt. It is now kept at
The British Museum,
London.
680s BC at
Nuri •
689 BC: King
Sennacherib of
Assyria sacks
Babylon. •
687 BC:
Gyges becomes king of
Lydia. •
687 BC:
Hezekiah succeeded by
Manasseh as king of
Judah. •
682 BC: Death of
King Zhuang of Zhou, king of the
Zhou dynasty of
China. •
681 BC:
King Xi of Zhou becomes king of the
Zhou dynasty of
China. •
681 BC:
Esarhaddon succeeds
Sennacherib as king of
Assyria.
670s BC •
678 BC:
Phraortes becomes king of the Medes •
677 BC: Death of
King Xi of Zhou, king of the
Zhou dynasty of
China. •
677 BC:
Esarhaddon leads the
Assyrian army against rebellious
Arab tribes and advances as far as the
Brook of Egypt. •
676 BC:
King Hui of Zhou becomes king of the
Zhou dynasty of
China. •
675 BC:
Esarhaddon begins the rebuilding of
Babylon. •
675 BC:
Teispes becomes a king of
Anshan. •
674 BC:
Esarhaddon puts down a revolt in
Ascalon supported by
Taharqa, king of
Egypt. In response, the
Assyrians invade
Egypt, but
Taharqa can hold the invaders off. •
673 BC:
Tullus Hostilius becomes king of
Rome. •
671 BC:
Esarhaddon again invades
Egypt, capturing
Memphis as well as a number of the royal family.
660s BC in a chariot, inspecting booty and prisoners from
Babylon. •
669 BC:
Assurbanipal succeeds his father
Esarhaddon as king of
Assyria. •
669 BC: Argos defeats Sparta for the last time, this time using a
hoplite phalanx, at the
battle of Hysiae. •
668 BC:
Shamash-shum-ukin, son of
Esarhaddon, becomes King of
Babylon. •
668 BC:
Egypt revolts against
Assyria. •
668 BC:
Nineveh, capital of
Assyria, becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from
Thebes in
Egypt. •
647 BC:
King Assurbanipal of
Assyria sacks Susa. •
642 BC:
Ancus Marcius becomes king of
Rome (traditional date). • c.
641 BC:
Josiah becomes king of
Judah. •
640 BC: Decisive victory of
Assyria over
Elamite Empire;
Assurbanipal captures its last king
Khumma-Khaldash III, annexes Elam, and lays waste the country.
630s BC •
632 BC:
Cylon,
Athenian noble, seizes the
Acropolis in a failed attempt to become king. •
632 BC: In the
Battle of Chengpu, the
Chinese kingdom of
Jin and her allies defeat the kingdom of
Chu and her allies. •
631 BC: Founding of
Cyrene, a
Greek colony in
Libya (
North Africa) (approximate date). •
631 BC:
Sadyates becomes king of
Lydia.
620s BC •
627 BC: Death of
Assurbanipal, king of
Assyria; he is succeeded by
Assur-etel-ilani (approximate date). •
626 BC:
Nabopolassar revolts against
Assyria, founds the
Neo-Babylonian Empire. •
625 BC:
Cyaxares becomes king of the
Median Empire. •
625 BC:
Medes and
Babylonians assert their independence from
Assyria and attack
Nineveh (approximate date). •
623 BC:
Sin-shar-ishkun succeeds his brother
Assur-etel-ilani as king of
Assyria (approximate date). •
622 BC: Text of
Deuteronomy found in the
Temple in Jerusalem. The Hebrew prophet
Ezekiel said to be born this year.
610s BC •
619 BC:
Alyattes becomes king of
Lydia. •
619 BC: Death of
King Xiang of Zhou, king of the
Zhou dynasty of
China. •
618 BC:
King Qing of Zhou becomes king of the
Zhou dynasty of
China. •
616 BC:
Lucius Tarquinius Priscus becomes king of
Rome. •
614 BC: Sack of
Ashur by the
Medes and
Babylonians. •
613 BC: Death of
King Qing of Zhou, king of the
Zhou dynasty of
China. •
612 BC:
King Kuang of Zhou becomes king of the
Zhou dynasty of
China. •
612 BC: An alliance of
Medes,
Babylonians and
Susianians besiege and conquer
Nineveh. King
Sin-shar-ishkun of
Assyria is killed in the sack. •
612 BC:
Ashur-uballit II attempts to keep the
Assyrian empire alive by establishing himself as king at
Harran. •
612 BC:
Babylon, capital of
Babylonia becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from
Nineveh, capital of
Assyria. •
610 BC:
Necho II succeeds
Psammetichus I as king of
Egypt.
600s BC •
609 BC: King
Josiah of
Judah dies in the
Battle of Megiddo against
Pharaoh Necho II of
Egypt, who is on his way north to aid the rump
Assyrian state of
Ashur-uballit II. •
609 BC: The
Babylonians defeat the
Assyrian army of
Ashur-uballit II and capture
Harran. Ashur-uballit, the last
Assyrian king, disappears from history. •
609 BC:
Jehoahaz succeeds his father
Josiah as
King of Judah, but is quickly deposed by
Necho, who installs Jehoahaz's brother
Jehoiakim in his place. •
607 BC: Death of
King Kuang of Zhou, king of the
Zhou dynasty of
China. •
606 BC:
King Ding of Zhou becomes king of the
Zhou dynasty of
China. •
605 BC:
Battle of Carchemish:
Crown Prince Nebuchadnezzar of
Babylon defeats the army of
Necho II of
Egypt, securing the
Babylonian conquest of
Assyria. The
Babylonians pursue the Egyptians through
Syria and
Palestine. •
605 BC:
Nebuchadnezzar II succeeds his father
Nabopolassar as King of
Babylon. •
601 BC: An alliance of
Medes (from western
Iran) and
Scythians (who originated from the
Eurasian Steppe) invade the northern and eastern parts of
Assyria. •
600 BC: Foundation of
Capua. •
600 BC:
India—Age of the
Mahajanapadas—16 polities rule India—
Kasi,
Kosala,
Anga,
Magadha,
Vajji (or Vṛji),
Malla,
Chedi,
Vatsa (or Vamsa),
Kuru,
Panchala,
Matsya (or Maccha),
Surasena,
Assaka,
Avanti,
Gandhara,
Kamboja •
600 BC: Foundation of
Milan by
Celts (approximate date). •
600 BC: Foundation of
Marseille by
Phoceans (traditional date). •
600 BC:
Smyrna sacked and destroyed. •
600 BC:
Nebuchadnezzar builds the
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