Millennium: 1st millennium BC
Centuries: 8th century BC - 7th century BC - 6th century BC
Decades: 720s BC 710s BC 700s BC - 690s BC - 680s BC 670s BC 660s BC
Years: 699 BC 698 BC 697 BC 696 BC 695 BC 694 BC 693 BC 692 BC 691 BC 690 BC
Categories: Births - Deaths - Architecture
Establishments - Disestablishments

Events and trends

• 699 BC — Khallushu succeeds Shuttir-Nakhkhunte as king of the Elamite Empire.
• 697 BC — Birth of Duke Wen of Jin in China.
• 697 BC — Death of Zhou huan wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
• 696 BC — Zhou zhuang wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
• 696 BC — The Cimmerians ravage Phrygia, possible migration of the Armenians.
• 692 BC — Karib'il Watar of Saba' is recorded as having given gifts ("tribute") to King Sennacherib of Assyria.
• 691 BC — King Sennacherib of Assyria defeats king Humban-nimena of Elam in the Battle of Halule.
• 690 BC — Taharqa, a king of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty, ascends the throne of Egypt (approximate date)
• c. 690 BC — Death of Manava, author of the Indian geometric text of Sulba Sutras.
• 690s BC — W'rn Hywt of D'mt in Ethiopia appears in the inscriptional record and mentions the king of Saba', Karib'il Watar.

Significant people