This article concerns the period 629 BC – 620 BC.
Events and trends
* c. 627 BC—Death of
Assurbanipal, king of
Assyria; he is succeeded by
Assur-etel-ilani.
* 627 BC—Creation of
Durrës, at the time
Epidamnus.
* 627 BC—
Spring and Autumn period
The Spring and Autumn period was a period in Chinese history from approximately 770 to 476 BC (or according to some authorities until 403 BC) which corresponds roughly to the first half of the Eastern Zhou period. The period's name derives fr ...
:
Jin defeats
Qin Qin may refer to:
Dynasties and states
* Qin (state) (秦), a major state during the Zhou Dynasty of ancient China
* Qin dynasty (秦), founded by the Qin state in 221 BC and ended in 206 BC
* Daqin (大秦), ancient Chinese name for the Roman Emp ...
in the
Battle of Xiao
* 626 BC—
Nabopolassar
Nabopolassar (Babylonian cuneiform: , meaning "Nabu, protect the son") was the founder and first king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, ruling from his coronation as king of Babylon in 626 BC to his death in 605 BC. Though initially only aimed at res ...
revolts against
Assyria, founds the
Neo-Babylonian Empire.
* 625 BC—
Medes and
Babylonians assert their independence from
Assyria and attack
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 ...
(approximate date).
* c. 625 BC—
Orientalizing period of vases ends in
Ancient Greece.
* c. 623 BC—
Sin-shar-ishkun succeeds his brother
Assur-etel-ilani as king of
Assyria.
* 622 or 621 BC -
Draco
Draco is the Latin word for serpent or dragon.
Draco or Drako may also refer to:
People
* Draco (lawgiver) (from Greek: Δράκων; 7th century BC), the first lawgiver of ancient Athens, Greece, from whom the term ''draconian'' is derived
* D ...
makes the first law code for
Ancient Greece.
Significant people
*
628 BC—Death of
Duke Wen of Jin
Duke Wen of Jin (697–628BC), born Chong'er (literally "Double Ears"), was a scion of the royal house of Jin during the Spring and Autumn Period of Chinese history. He famously endured a long period of exile from his realm before finally bei ...
,
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 ...
.
* c.
628 BC—Commonly accepted date for the Birth of
Zoroaster.
* c.
626 BC
The year 626 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 128 ''Ab urbe condita'' . The denomination 626 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar e ...
—
Jeremiah.
*
625 BC
The year 625 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 129 ''Ab urbe condita'' . The denomination 625 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar e ...
—Death of
Yuan Taotu
Yuan Taotu 轅濤塗 (died c. 625 BC, posthumous title "Xuanzhong" 宣仲) was a nobleman and diplomat of the Spring and Autumn period, Spring and Autumn state of Chen (state), Chen. He is regarded as the ancestor of those surnamed Yuan (surname), ...
, China.
* c.
624 BC—Birth of
Thales.
* c.
623 BC—Birth of
Buddha.
* c.
622 BC
The year 622 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 132 ''Ab urbe condita'' . The denomination 622 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calenda ...
—Birth of
Ezekiel
Ezekiel (; he, יְחֶזְקֵאל ''Yəḥezqēʾl'' ; in the Septuagint written in grc-koi, Ἰεζεκιήλ ) is the central protagonist of the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible.
In Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, Ezekiel is acknow ...
.
*
621 BC—Death of
Duke Mu of Qin
Duke Mu of Qin (died 621BC), born Renhao, was a duke of Qin (659–621BC) in the western reaches of the Zhou Kingdom during the Spring and Autumn Period of Chinese history. Sometimes considered one of China's Five Hegemons, he greatly expanded th ...
, China.
* c. 620-564 BC
Aesop
References
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