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Millennium
:
1st millennium
BC
Centuries
:
8th century
BC
-
7th century
BC
-
6th century
BC
Decades
:
640s
BC
630s
BC
620s
BC
-
610s
BC
-
600s
BC
590s
BC
580s
BC
Years:
619
BC
618
BC
617
BC
616
BC
615
BC
614
BC
613
BC
612
BC
611
BC
610
BC
Categories:
Births
-
Deaths
- Architecture
Establishments - Disestablishments
Events and trends
619 BC
—
Alyattes
becomes king of
Lydia
.
619 BC — Death of
Zhou xiang wang
, King of the
Zhou Dynasty
of
China
.
618 BC
—
Zhou qing wang
becomes King of the
Zhou Dynasty
of
China
.
616 BC
—
Lucius Tarquinius Priscus
becomes the fifth King of
Rome
.
615 BC
—
Neo-Babylonian
kingdom begin attacking
Assyrian
cities.
614 BC
— Sack of
Assur
by the
Medes
and
Babylonians
.
613 BC
— Death of
Zhou qing wang
, King of the
Zhou Dynasty
of
China
.
613 BC —
King Zhuang of Chu
ascends to the throne of
Chu
in China
612 BC
—
Zhou kuang wang
becomes King of the
Zhou Dynasty
of
China
.
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.
612 BC —
Ashur-uballit II
attempts to keep the
Assyrian
empire alive by establishing himself as king at
Harran
.
612 BC — Estimation:
Babylon
, capital of
Babylonia
becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from
Nineveh
, capital of
Assyria
.
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612 BC — Fall of the
Assyrian
Empire and Rise of the
Neo-Babylonian Empire
.
610 BC
—
Necho II
succeeds
Psamtik I
(Psammetichus) as king of
Egypt
.
610 BC — Foundation of
Naucratis
Significant people
610 BC
— Birth of
Anaximander
,
Greek
philosopher
(approximate date)
610 BC — Death of
Psammetichus I
, king of
Egypt
612 BC — Death of King
Sin-shar-ishkun
of
Assyria
Category
:
610s BC