7th century BC Chr.

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

Age / Epoch

In Persia donates Zarathustra to Zoroastrianism (the date is disputed).
In Greece , written laws are becoming common and are gradually taking the place of judicial arbitrariness ; also produced poetry and music . The hoplite tactic emerges : a closed phalanx replaces the knightly lone warriors.
A library made of clay tablets is built in Assyria's capital, Nineveh , but it is destroyed with the fall of the Assyrian Empire.

For the first time all of Africa is circumnavigated by Phoenician seafarers.

Events / developments

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

688 BC Chr .: At the 23rd Olympic Games the fist fight is introduced.
682 BC Chr .: Beginning of the Attic archon lists
669 BC BC: Battle of Hysiai between Sparta and Argos
around 669 BC Chr .: Beginning of the 2nd Messenian War (dating is disputed!)
664 BC BC: First narrated sea battle in Greek history (between Corinth and Kerkyra )
Around 657 BC Chr .: Cypselus establishes a tyranny in Corinth .
639-630 BC BC: The seafarer Kolaios from Samos is the first Greek to cross the Strait of Gibraltar .
632 BC Chr .: Unsuccessful attempt to overthrow Cylon in Athens
Around 628 BC Chr .: Periander succeeds Kypselus as tyrant of Corinth.
624 BC Chr .: Drakon reforms the Athenian criminal law.
End of 7th century / beginning 6th century: Lifetime of several important Greek poets: Alkman , Sappho , Alkaios of Lesbos

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.

North africa

671 BC BC: Assarhaddon conquered Egypt and entered Memphis on July 5th .
663 BC Chr .: Destruction of Thebes (No-Amon) by the Assyrians . Psammetich I succeeds Necho I as king of Egypt.
653 BC BC Psammetich I achieved Egyptian independence against Assyria with financial support from Lydia (Carian and Greek mercenaries on duty for the 26th dynasty ).
631 BC Chr .: Founding of the Greek colony Cyrene in Libya ("Kyrenaika").

rest of Europe

Around 660 BC BC: Byzantium founded by settlers from Megara .

.: from mid-7th century founded many colonies around the Black Sea by Miletus .

Around 640 BC Chr .: Ancus Marcius is elected King ( rex ) of Rome .

Around 600 BC BC: Pompeii is founded by the Oscars on a hill near the mouth of the Sarno . Creation of Capua .

Around 600 BC BC: Founding of Marseilles by Greek colonists.

Around 600 BC BC: Foundation of Milan as a Celtic settlement.

Around 600 BC BC: Beginning of iron processing in Central Europe.

Personalities

Alkaios of Lesbos , Greek poet (* 630 BC; † 580 BC)
Alkman , Greek poet and composer
Amasis , king of Egypt
Anaximander , Greek natural philosopher (* 610 BC; † 546 BC)
Ancus Marcius , Roman king (* 675 BC; † 617 BC)
Archilochus , Greek poet
Arion of Lesbos , Greek poet and singer
Aesop , Greek poet
Aššur-bāni-apli , Assyrian king
Azarhaddon , Neo-Assyrian king
Braspati , Indian philosopher
Drakon , Greek legal reformer
Ezekiel , Jewish prophet
Jeremiah , Judean prophet
Joschiah , King of Judah
Kallinos , Greek poet
Karib'il Watar I , Sabaean king
Kolaios , Greek navigator
Kyaxares II , King of the Medes
Manasseh , King of Judah
Necho II , Egyptian king
Nabopolassar , King of Babylon
Nebuchadnezzar II , King of Babylon
Numa Pompilius , Roman king
Peisistratos , Greek politician
Phraortes , King of Medes
Psammetich I , King of Egypt
Sappho , Greek poet
Solon , Greek politician
Suizei , Japanese Emperor (Japanese 綏靖天皇; * 632 BC; † May 10, 549 BC)
Stesichoros , Greek poet
Terpandros , Greek poet and composer
Thales , Greek philosopher
Tyrtaios , Greek poet and singer
Zarathustra , Persian religious founder
Zedekiah , last king of Judah

Inventions and discoveries

First coinage in Lydia
In America, the Olmecs created the first form of printing with simple cylinder seals for official purposes.

art

With the painter from Berlin A 34 , the first vase painter of the black-figure style appeared in Athens.

Web links

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