The 7th century BCE: key events

Chronyas has 164 events dated to the 7th century BCE (700 BCE to 601 BCE), during the Ancient civilizations. Below are the most notable ones, in date order.

Most of the events in this century belong to Wars, politics & history and Civilizations & archaeology.

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from 700 BCE to 600 BCERise of orientalizing period
from 700 BCE to 80 BCEIndependence II culture
700 BCEOrigins of Chellah
from 700 BCE to 200 BCENorthern Black Polished Ware
from 700 BCE to 678 BCEDeioces becomes King of Media
from 700 BCE to 309 BCEArgead dynasty
700 BCEOrigins of Phaselis
c. 700 BCEOrigins of Konya
690 BCETaylor and Sennacherib Prisms
c. 690 BCEEruption of Pululahua
from 689 BCE to 681 BCESennacherib becomes King of Babylon
c. 689 BCEOrigins of Gela
688 BCEBirth of Archilochus of Paros
from 687 BCE to 546 BCEMermnades
685 BCEBirth of Ashurbanipal
from 685 BCE to 668 BCESecond Messenian War
from 682 BCE to 544 BCEPradyota dynasty
20 October 681 BCEDeath of Sennacherib
c. 680 BCEOrigins of Chalcedon
from 678 BCE to 550 BCEMedian Kingdom
675 BCEBirth of Ancus Marcius
c. 675 BCEOrigins of Üsküdar
from 673 BCE to 642 BCETullus Hostilius becomes King of Rome
671 BCEDeath of Numa Pompilius
from 669 BCE to 631 BCEAshurbanipal becomes King of Assyria
from 1 November 669 BCE to 1 March 668 BCEAshurbanipal becomes King of Babylon
from March 668 BCE to January 648 BCEShamash-shum-ukin becomes King of Babylon
from c. 667 BCE to 330 CEOrigins of Byzantium
664 BCEOrigins of Nuri
664 BCEBirth of Amon
from 664 BCE to 610 BCEPsamtik I becomes Pharaoh
from 664 BCE to 332 BCELate Period of ancient Egypt
from 664 BCE to 525 BCETwenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt
663 BCEOrigins of Akrai
c. 660 BCEImperial House of Japan (traditional date)
11 February 660 BCEJapanese imperial year
from 11 February 660 BCE to 3 April 585 BCEEmperor Jimmu becomes Emperor of Japan
c. 657 BCEFounding of Byzantium (Istanbul)
654 BCEOrigins of Sa Caleta Phoenician Settlement
c. 654 BCEOrigins of Ibiza
from 648 BCE to 646 BCEAshurbanipal becomes King of Babylon
645 BCEBirth of Ashur-uballit II
from 643 BCE to 641 BCEAmon becomes King of Judah
642 BCEBirth of Nebuchadnezzar II
642 BCEDeath of Tullus Hostilius
from 640 BCE to 616 BCEAncus Marcius becomes King of Rome
634 BCEBirth of Jehoiakim
631 BCEDeath of Ashurbanipal
from 631 BCE to 627 BCEAššur-etil-ilāni becomes King of Assyria
630 BCEBirth of Solon
c. 630 BCEOrigins of Cyrene
628 BCEBirth of Zoroaster
from 627 BCE to 612 BCESinsharishkun becomes King of Assyria
from 627 BCE to 626 BCESin-shumu-lishir becomes King of Assyria
626 BCEBirth of Habakkuk
from 626 BCE to 605 BCENabopolassar becomes King of Babylon
626 BCESinsharishkun becomes King of Babylon
from 626 BCE to 609 BCEMedo-Babylonian conquest of the Assyrian Empire
from 626 BCE to 539 BCENeo-Babylonian Empire
626 BCESin-shumu-lishir becomes King of Babylon
625 BCEBirth of Thales
621 BCEOrigins of Pons Sublicius
620 BCEBirth of Aesop
from 616 BCE to 578 BCELucius Tarquinius Priscus becomes King of Rome
616 BCEBirth of Jeconiah
615 BCEBirth of Nabonidus
614 BCEFall of Assur
from 612 BCE to 609 BCEAshur-uballit II becomes King of Assyria
612 BCEFall of Nineveh
from 610 BCE to 595 BCENecho II becomes Pharaoh
c. 610 BCEOrigins of Kerch
610 BCEBirth of Anaximander
from 610 BCE to 609 BCEFall of Harran
from 609 BCE to 598 BCEJehoiakim becomes King of Judah
609 BCEBattle of Megiddo
from 605 BCE to 562 BCENebuchadnezzar II becomes King of Babylon
605 BCEBattle of Carchemish
c. 600s BCEPublication of Epigoni
c. 601 BCEThe Lydians mint the first coins
c. 600s BCEPhoenician sailors circumnavigate Africa, according to Herodotus

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