This article concerns the period 619 BC – 610 BC.

Events and trends

*619 BC—Death of Ji Zheng, King of the Zhou Dynasty of

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

. * 618 BC— Silphium discovered in Cyrene according to Theophrastus. * 618 BC— Ji Renchen becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of

. *

616 BC The year 616 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 138 '' Ab urbe condita'' . The denomination 616 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar ...

— Lucius Tarquinius Priscus becomes the fifth King of Rome. *

615 BC The year 615 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 139 ''Ab urbe condita'' . The denomination 615 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calenda ...

—

Neo-Babylonian The Neo-Babylonian Empire or Second Babylonian Empire, historically known as the Chaldean Empire, was the last polity ruled by monarchs native to Mesopotamia. Beginning with the coronation of Nabopolassar as the King of Babylon in 626 BC and bein ...

kingdom begin attacking Assyrian cities. *

614 BC The year 614 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 140 ''Ab urbe condita'' . The denomination 614 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar ...

—Sack of Assur by the Medes and Babylonians. *

613 BC The year 613 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 141 ''Ab urbe condita'' . The denomination 613 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar e ...

—Death of Ji Renchen, King of the Zhou Dynasty of

. *613 BC— King Zhuang of Chu ascends to the throne of

Chu Chu or CHU may refer to: Chinese history * Chu (state) (c. 1030 BC–223 BC), a state during the Zhou dynasty * Western Chu (206 BC–202 BC), a state founded and ruled by Xiang Yu * Chu Kingdom (Han dynasty) (201 BC–70 AD), a kingdom of the Ha ...

in China *

612 BC The year 612 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 142 ''Ab urbe condita'' . The denomination 612 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar e ...

— Ji Ban becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of

. *612 BC—An alliance of Medes, Persians, Scythians,

s and Susianians besiege and conquer

Nineveh Nineveh (; akk, ; Biblical Hebrew: '; ar, نَيْنَوَىٰ '; syr, ܢܝܼܢܘܹܐ, Nīnwē) was an ancient Assyrian city of Upper Mesopotamia, located in the modern-day city of Mosul in northern Iraq. It is located on the eastern ban ...

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 ''Bābili(m)'' * sux, 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 * arc, 𐡁𐡁𐡋 ''Bāḇel'' * syc, ܒܒܠ ''Bāḇel'' * grc-gre, Βαβυλών ''Babylṓn'' * he, בָּבֶל ''Bāvel'' * peo, 𐎲𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎽𐎢 ''Bābiru'' * elx, 𒀸𒁀𒉿𒇷 ''Babi ...

, capital of

Babylonia Babylonia (; Akkadian: , ''māt Akkadī'') was an ancient Akkadian-speaking state and cultural area based in the city of Babylon in central-southern Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq and parts of Syria). It emerged as an Amorite-ruled state c. ...

becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from

, capital of Assyria. *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 Anaximander (; grc-gre, Ἀναξίμανδρος ''Anaximandros''; ) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher who lived in Miletus,"Anaximander" in ''Chambers's Encyclopædia''. London: George Newnes, 1961, Vol. 1, p. 403. a city of Ionia (in moder ...

, Greek

philosopher A philosopher is a person who practices or investigates philosophy. The term ''philosopher'' comes from the grc, φιλόσοφος, , translit=philosophos, meaning 'lover of wisdom'. The coining of the term has been attributed to the Greek th ...

(approximate date) * 610 BC—Death of Psammetichus I, king of Egypt * 612 BC—Death of King Sin-shar-ishkun of Assyria

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