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612 BC

An alliance of Medes, Scythians, Neo-Babylonians and Susianians besiege and conquer Nineveh at the Battle of Nineveh. King Sin-shar-ishkun of Assyria is killed in the sack.

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613 BC

Death of Zhou qing wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.

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614 BC

Sack of Asshur by the Medes and Babylonians.

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615 BC

Neo-Babylonian kingdom begin attacking Assyrian cities.

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616 BC

Lucius Tarquinius Priscus becomes the fifth King of Rome.

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617 BC

Death of ANCUS MARTIUS, a Rome's Legendary King.

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618 BC

Zhou qing wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.

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619 BC

Death of Zhou xiang wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.

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620 BC

Greek colonies are founded in Egypt

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621 BC

Text of Deuteronomy found in the Temple in Jerusalem

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622 BC

Iao of Nepal dies from crucifixion

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623 BC

Sin-shar-ishkun succeeds his brother Assur-etel-ilani as king of Assyria

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624 BC

The Year 666 in the Mayan Calendar.

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625 BC

Nabopolassar revolts against Assyria, founds the Neo-Babylonian Empire.

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626 BC

Nabopolassar revolts against Assyria, founds the Neo-Babylonian Empire.

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627 BC

Death of Assurbanipal, king of Assyria; he is succeeded by Assur-etel-ilani.

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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)

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638 BC

Birth of Solon, lawmaker of Athens (approximate date)

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639 BC

Assurbanipal moves into Elam and proudly documented the vengeance against Elamite incursions

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640 BC

Great victory of Assyria over Elamite Empire.

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641 BC

Josiah becomes king of Judah.

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642 BC

Ancus Marcius becomes the fourth King of Rome (traditional date).

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643 BC

Amon became the king of Judah. He ruled two years and "did evil."

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644 BC

Finish of Shishunaga Dynasty (who established the kingdom of Magadha)

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645 BC

Death of Guan Zhong, Prime Minister of the Chinese state of Qi

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646 BC

The Assyrian king Ashurbanipal sacks Susa, ending Elamite supremacy.

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647 BC

Assurbanipal and his Queen in the garden, from the palaca at Nineveh (modern Kuyunjik, Iraq) is made. It is now in The British Museum, London.

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648 BC

Pankration becomes an event at the Ancient Olympic Games.

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649 BC

Babylonian revolt under Shamash-shuma-ukin is crushed by the Assyrians.

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650 BC

A climate change affects all the Bronze Age cultures in Europe with colder and wetter climate, and tribes from the Scandinavian Nordic Bronze Age cultures are pushed downwards into the European continent.

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651 BC

Zhou xiang wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.

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652 BC

Guan Zhong urges the Duke of Qi to maintain the respect of the other states by refusing the offer of the son of a recently defeated state's ruler to ally himself with Qi if Qi would help him depose his father.