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600s BC
The 7th century BC began the first day of 700 BC and ended the last day of 601 BC. The Neo-Assyrian Empire continued to dominate the Near East during this century, exercising formidable power over neighbors like Babylon and Egypt. In the last two decades of the century, however, the empire began to unravel as numerous enemies made alliances and waged war from all sides. The Assyrians finally left the world stage permanently when their capital Nineveh was destroyed in 612 BC. These events gave rise to the Neo-Babylonian Empire, which would dominate the region for much of the following century. The Zhou Dynasty continues in China and the Late Period begins in Egypt with the 26th dynasty starting with the coronation of Psamtik I. The state of Văn Lang in Vietnam is also believed to be formed around the time. Events 690s BC * 699 BC: Khallushu succeeds Shuttir-Nakhkhunte as king of the Elamite Empire. * 697 BC: Death of King Huan of Zhou, King of the Zhou Dynasty of Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
700 BC
The year 700 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 54 ''Ab urbe condita'' . The denomination 700 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Europe *The town of Phaselis is founded by the Rhodians Middle East * Assyrian king Sennacherib launches another campaign into the Chaldean region, where the Babylonian rebel Merodach-Baladan II has been conspiring against him. Merodach-Baladan takes refuge in Elam, north of the Persian Gulf. * Babylon's Assyrian-raised puppet king Bel-ibni dies after a 3-year reign. He is replaced by Sennacherib's son, Ashur-nadin-shumi. * Assyrian king Ashurbanipal has found a library, which includes the earliest known complete copy of the ''Epic of Gilgamesh''. By topic Agriculture * China's minister of agriculture teaches the peasants crop rotation. He also tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
690s BC
This article concerns the period 699 BC – 690 BC. 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 King Huan of Zhou in China. * 697 BC—Hezekiah succeeded by Manasseh as king of Judah. * 696 BC—King Zhuang of Zhou begins his reign in China. * 696 BC—The Cimmerians ravage Phrygia, possible migration of the Armenians. * 696 BC—Pantacles of Athens wins the stadion race at the 21st Olympic Games. Eusebius of Caesarea, ''Chronicle' * 692 BC—Karib'il Watar of Saba' is recorded as having given "gifts" (tribute) to King Sennacherib of Assyria. * 692 BC—Pantacles wins the stadion race for a second time and the diaulos at the 22nd Olympic Games. * 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sennacherib
Sennacherib (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: or , meaning " Sîn has replaced the brothers") was the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from the death of his father Sargon II in 705BC to his own death in 681BC. The second king of the Sargonid dynasty, Sennacherib is one of the most famous Assyrian kings for the role he plays in the Hebrew Bible, which describes his campaign in the Levant. Other events of his reign include his destruction of the city of Babylon in 689BC and his renovation and expansion of the last great Assyrian capital, Nineveh. Although Sennacherib was one of the most powerful and wide-ranging Assyrian kings, he faced considerable difficulty in controlling Babylonia, which formed the southern portion of his empire. Many of Sennacherib's Babylonian troubles stemmed from the Chaldean tribal chief Marduk-apla-iddina II, who had been Babylon's king until Sennacherib's father defeated him. Shortly after Sennacherib inherited the throne in 705BC, Marduk-apla-idd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
691 BC
The year 691 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 63 '' Ab urbe condita'' . The denomination 691 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Assyrian Empire * King Sennacherib of Assyria razes Babylon (or 689 BC The year 689 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 65 ''Ab urbe condita'' . The denomination 689 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar er ...). * Sennacherib defeats Humban-nimena of Elam in the Battle of Halule. Births Deaths References {{BC-year-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armenians
Armenians ( hy, հայեր, ''hayer'' ) are an ethnic group native to the Armenian highlands of Western Asia. Armenians constitute the main population of Armenia and the ''de facto'' independent Artsakh. There is a wide-ranging diaspora of around five million people of full or partial Armenian ancestry living outside modern Armenia. The largest Armenian populations today exist in Russia, the United States, France, Georgia, Iran, Germany, Ukraine, Lebanon, Brazil, and Syria. With the exceptions of Iran and the former Soviet states, the present-day Armenian diaspora was formed mainly as a result of the Armenian genocide. Richard G. Hovannisian, ''The Armenian people from ancient to modern times: the fifteenth century to the twentieth century'', Volume 2, p. 421, Palgrave Macmillan, 1997. Armenian is an Indo-European language. It has two mutually intelligible spoken and written forms: Eastern Armenian, today spoken mainly in Armenia, Artsakh, Iran, and the former Soviet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phrygia
In classical antiquity, Phrygia ( ; grc, Φρυγία, ''Phrygía'' ) was a kingdom in the west central part of Anatolia, in what is now Asian Turkey, centered on the Sangarios River. After its conquest, it became a region of the great empires of the time. Stories of the heroic age of Greek mythology tell of several legendary Phrygian kings: * Gordias, whose Gordian Knot would later be cut by Alexander the Great * Midas, who turned whatever he touched to gold * Mygdon, who warred with the Amazons According to Homer's ''Iliad'', the Phrygians participated in the Trojan War as close allies of the Trojans, fighting against the Achaeans. Phrygian power reached its peak in the late 8th century BC under another, historical, king Midas, who dominated most of western and central Anatolia and rivaled Assyria and Urartu for power in eastern Anatolia. This later Midas was, however, also the last independent king of Phrygia before Cimmerians sacked the Phrygian capital, Go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cimmerians
The Cimmerians (Akkadian: , romanized: ; Hebrew: , romanized: ; Ancient Greek: , romanized: ; Latin: ) were an ancient Eastern Iranian equestrian nomadic people originating in the Caspian steppe, part of whom subsequently migrated into West Asia. Although the Cimmerians were culturally Scythian, they formed an ethnic unit separate from the Scythians proper, to whom the Cimmerians were related and who displaced and replaced the Cimmerians.: "As the Cimmerians cannot be differentiated archeologically from the Scythians, it is possible to speculate about their Iranian origins. In the Neo-Babylonian texts (according to D’yakonov, including at least some of the Assyrian texts in Babylonian dialect) and similar forms designate the Scythians and Central Asian Saka, reflecting the perception among inhabitants of Mesopotamia that Cimmerians and Scythians represented a single cultural and economic group" The Cimmerians themselves left no written records, and most information about t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Zhuang Of Zhou
King Zhuang of Zhou (died 682 BC) (), personal name Ji Tuo, was the fifteenth king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty and the third of the Eastern Zhou. He ruled 696–682 BC as a successor of his father, King Huan of Zhou. He was later succeeded by his son, King Xi of Zhou, in 682 BC. Rulers of the Zhou states – with links to their occurrences in pre-Qin and Han texts. His younger son was Prince Tui. Family Concubines: * Yao Ji, of the Yao clan (), the mother of Prince Tui Sons: * First son, Prince Huqi (; d. 677 BC), ruled as from 681–677 BC * Prince Tui (; 696–673 BC), claimed the throne of Zhou from 675–673 BCAncestry See ...
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696 BC
The year 696 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 58 '' Ab urbe condita'' . The denomination 696 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Europe * Cimmerian forces begin a conquest of Phrygia (modern Turkey), having failed in their efforts to defeat the Assyrians and moved into Anatolia. * Possible migration of the Armenians (approximate date). * Pantacles of Athens wins the stadion race at the 21st Olympic Games. Eusebius of Caesarea, ''Chronicle' Asia * King Zhuang of Zhou, Zhou Zhuang Wang becomes king of the Zhou Dynasty The Zhou dynasty ( ; Old Chinese ( B&S): *''tiw'') was a royal dynasty of China that followed the Shang dynasty. Having lasted 789 years, the Zhou dynasty was the longest dynastic regime in Chinese history. The military control of China by ... of China. Births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Huan Of Zhou
King Huan of Zhou (; died 697 BC), personal name Jī Lín (姬林), was the fourteenth king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty and the second of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty (770–256 BC). King Huan’s father was King Ping's son, Crown Prince Xiefu. Huan succeeded his grandfather in 719 BC. The son and successor of Huan was King Zhuang of Zhou. In 707 BC, the royal forces were defeated in the Battle of Xuge (𦈡葛之战) by Duke Zhuang of Zheng (r. 743–701). The king himself was wounded by an arrow in the shoulder, and the defeat destroyed the prestige of the Zhou house. Family Queens: * Ji Ji Jiang, of the Jiang clan of Ji (), a princess of Ji by birth; married in 703 BC Sons: * Prince Tuo (; d. 682 BC), ruled as King Zhuang of Zhou from 696–682 BC * Prince Ke (), fled to Southern Yan () in 694 BC Daughters: * Zhou Wang Ji () ** Married Duke Xiang of Qi (729–686 BC) in 695 BC Ancestry See also Family tree of ancient Chinese emperors This is a family tree of Chine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
697 BC
The year 697 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 57 '' Ab urbe condita'' . The denomination 697 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Kingdom of Judah * Manasseh becomes co-ruler with King Hezekiah of Judah. Births * Duke Wen of Jin, ruler of the state of Jin * Ghostly Presence, ruler of the Warzone Deaths * Zhou huan wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty The Zhou dynasty ( ; Old Chinese ( B&S): *''tiw'') was a royal dynasty of China that followed the Shang dynasty. Having lasted 789 years, the Zhou dynasty was the longest dynastic regime in Chinese history. The military control of China by ... of China. References {{BC-year-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elamite Empire
Elam (; Linear Elamite: ''hatamti''; Cuneiform Elamite: ; Sumerian: ; Akkadian: ; he, עֵילָם ''ʿēlām''; peo, 𐎢𐎺𐎩 ''hūja'') was an ancient civilization centered in the far west and southwest of modern-day Iran, stretching from the lowlands of what is now Khuzestan and Ilam Province as well as a small part of southern Iraq. The modern name ''Elam'' stems from the Sumerian transliteration ''elam(a)'', along with the later Akkadian ''elamtu'', and the Elamite ''haltamti.'' Elamite states were among the leading political forces of the Ancient Near East. In classical literature, Elam was also known as Susiana ( ; grc, Σουσιανή ''Sousiānḗ''), a name derived from its capital Susa. Elam was part of the early urbanization of the Near East during the Chalcolithic period (Copper Age). The emergence of written records from around 3000 BC also parallels Sumerian history, where slightly earlier records have been found. In the Old Elamite period ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
