610s BC

610s BC

Events and trends

*619 BCAlyattes becomes king of Lydia.
*619 BC — Death of Zhou xiang wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
*618 BCZhou qing wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
*616 BCLucius Tarquinius Priscus becomes the fifth King of Rome.
*615 BCNeo-Babylonian kingdom begin attacking Assyrian cities.
*614 BC — Sack of Assur by the Medes and Babylonians.
*613 BC — Death of Zhou qing wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
*613 BC — King Zhuang of Chu ascends to the throne of Chu in China
*612 BCZhou 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. [http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa011201a.htm]
*612 BC — Fall of the Assyrian Empire and Rise of the Neo-Babylonian Empire.
*610 BCNecho II succeeds Psammetichus I as king of Egypt.
*610 BC — Foundation of Naucratis

ignificant 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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