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628 BC

Birth of Zoroaster, a religious reformer of ancient Persia (now Iran) and the founder of the pre-Islamic religion of Zoroastrianism. Thought to have lived about 300 years before Alexander the Great, Zoroaster (Zarathustra in Greek) had a religious vision when he was about 30 years old, and for the next decade travelled throughout Persia preaching and running afoul of the established religious authorities

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629 BC

Jeremiah's prophesying began. He continued for 41 years. The book of Jeremiah started

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630 BC

Nebuchadrezzar II, aka Nebuchadnezzar, is born

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631 BC

Sadyates becomes king of Lydia.

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632 BC

In the Battle of Chengpu, the Chinese kingdom of Jin and her allies defeat the kingdom of Chu and her allies.

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633 BC

Death of Ashurbanipal

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634 BC

Birth of Thales of Miletus, Ancient Greek Philosopher

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635 BC

Birth of Thales, Greek philosopher

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636 BC

Phoenician cities escape from the weakened Assyrian empire

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637 BC

The Greeks established Cyrene (now Libya)