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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
Asshur by the
Medes and
Babylonians.
★
613 BC — Death of
Zhou qing wang, King of the
Zhou Dynasty of
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
Psammetichus I as king of
Egypt.
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
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