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The 7th century BC Chr. Began on January 1 v 700th And ended on December 31, 601 BC. Chr.

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Middle East

Relief in Midasstadt (Phrygia)
Assurbanipal as the client with a basket
  • Around 700 BC Chr .: heyday of the South Arabian empire Saba , formation of a large empire under the ruler Karib'il Watar I.
  • 696 or 679 BC Chr .: Destruction of Gordion by Cimmerians , with it collapse of the Phrygian Empire ; Midas is said to have committed suicide during the onslaught of the Cimmerians.
  • 691 BC Chr .: Victory of the Assyrian king Sennacherib over Elam in the battle of Halule
  • 689 BC Chr .: Babylon is destroyed by the Assyrians under King Sennacherib.
  • Around 680 BC Chr .: Gyges becomes king of Lydia according to tradition .
  • Around 680 BC BC: The Assyrian King Asarhaddon defeats the Cimmerians who invaded the country, a nomadic horsemen, who then conquered Phrygia and caused devastation in Lydia.
  • 675 BC BC: Asarhaddon begins to rebuild the city of Babylon .
  • 669 BC Chr .: Assurbanipal succeeds Assarhaddon on the Assyrian throne.
  • 652 BC Chr .: Beginning of the four-year civil war in Babylonia under Šamaš-šuma-ukin
  • 647 BC Chr .: Assurbanipal conquers and destroys Susa .
  • 626 BC Chr .: Nabopolassar rebels against the Assyrian rule and founds the New Babylonian Empire .
  • 625 BC Chr .: The Medes and the Babylonians attack the Assyrian residence Nineveh .
  • 622 BC Chr .: Finding of the Mosaic law book in the temple of Jerusalem
  • 614 BC BC: The Medes smash Assyria and destroy Aššur .
  • 612 BC Chr .: Destruction of Nineveh by the Babylonians and Medes on August 10th . The Assyrian King Sinsharishkun is killed. His successor, Assuruballit II, is still in Harran .
  • 609 BC Chr . : King Josiah of Judah dies in the battle of Megiddo against the Egyptians under Necho II. (2 Kings 23,29-30; 2Chr 35,22-23).
  • 609 BC Chr .: The Babylonians conquer Harran, whereby the Assyrian king Assuruballit II falls: end of the Assyrian empire.
  • 605 BC Chr .: Battle of Karkemiš : Victory of the Babylonian Crown Prince Nebuchadnezzar II over the Egyptians under Necho II.
Periandros
Sappho, coin illustration
Jimmu-tennō (print from the Meiji period )

Greece

East asia

  • 683 BC Chr .: The state of Lu repels an invasion of the much more powerful state of Qi .
  • 660 BC BC, February 11th: Legendary beginning of the reign of Jimmu , mythical first Tennō (emperor) of Japan , epoch of the Japanese calendar; In truth, the first emperor almost certainly did not rule until the 5th century AD.
  • 632 BC BC: Battle of Chengpu: The Chinese empire Jin and its allies are victorious over the empire Chu and its allies.

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