Chronyas has 164 events dated to the 7th century BCE (700 BCE to 601 BCE), during the Ancient civilizations. Below are the most notable ones, in date order.
Most of the events in this century belong to Wars, politics & history and Civilizations & archaeology.
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- 700 BCERise of orientalizing period
- from 700 BCE to 80 BCEIndependence II culture
- 700 BCEOrigins of Chellah
- from 700 BCE to 200 BCENorthern Black Polished Ware
- 700 BCEDeioces becomes King of Media
- from 700 BCE to 309 BCEArgead dynasty
- 700 BCEOrigins of Phaselis
- c. 700 BCEOrigins of Konya
- 690 BCETaylor and Sennacherib Prisms
- c. 690 BCEEruption of Pululahua
- 689 BCESennacherib becomes King of Babylon
- c. 689 BCEOrigins of Gela
- 688 BCEBirth of Archilochus of Paros
- from 687 BCE to 546 BCEMermnades
- 685 BCEBirth of Ashurbanipal
- from 685 BCE to 668 BCESecond Messenian War
- from 682 BCE to 544 BCEPradyota dynasty
- 20 October 681 BCEDeath of Sennacherib
- c. 680 BCEOrigins of Chalcedon
- from 678 BCE to 550 BCEMedian Kingdom
- 675 BCEBirth of Ancus Marcius
- c. 675 BCEOrigins of Üsküdar
- 673 BCETullus Hostilius becomes King of Rome
- 671 BCEDeath of Numa Pompilius
- 669 BCEAshurbanipal becomes King of Assyria
- 1 November 669 BCEAshurbanipal becomes King of Babylon
- March 668 BCEShamash-shum-ukin becomes King of Babylon
- c. 667 BCEOrigins of Byzantium
- 664 BCEOrigins of Nuri
- 664 BCEBirth of Amon
- 664 BCEPsamtik I becomes Pharaoh
- from 664 BCE to 332 BCELate Period of ancient Egypt
- from 664 BCE to 525 BCETwenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt
- 663 BCEOrigins of Akrai
- c. 660 BCEImperial House of Japan (traditional date)
- 11 February 660 BCEJapanese imperial year
- 11 February 660 BCEEmperor Jimmu becomes Emperor of Japan
- c. 657 BCEFounding of Byzantium (Istanbul)
- 654 BCEOrigins of Sa Caleta Phoenician Settlement
- c. 654 BCEOrigins of Ibiza
- 648 BCEAshurbanipal becomes King of Babylon
- 645 BCEBirth of Ashur-uballit II
- 643 BCEAmon becomes King of Judah
- 642 BCEBirth of Nebuchadnezzar II
- 642 BCEDeath of Tullus Hostilius
- 640 BCEAncus Marcius becomes King of Rome
- 634 BCEBirth of Jehoiakim
- 631 BCEDeath of Ashurbanipal
- 631 BCEAššur-etil-ilāni becomes King of Assyria
- 630 BCEBirth of Solon
- c. 630 BCEOrigins of Cyrene
- 628 BCEBirth of Zoroaster
- 627 BCESinsharishkun becomes King of Assyria
- 627 BCESin-shumu-lishir becomes King of Assyria
- 626 BCEBirth of Habakkuk
- 626 BCENabopolassar becomes King of Babylon
- 626 BCESinsharishkun becomes King of Babylon
- from 626 BCE to 609 BCEMedo-Babylonian conquest of the Assyrian Empire
- from 626 BCE to 539 BCENeo-Babylonian Empire
- 626 BCESin-shumu-lishir becomes King of Babylon
- 625 BCEBirth of Thales
- 621 BCEOrigins of Pons Sublicius
- 620 BCEBirth of Aesop
- 616 BCELucius Tarquinius Priscus becomes King of Rome
- 616 BCEBirth of Jeconiah
- 615 BCEBirth of Nabonidus
- 614 BCEFall of Assur
- 612 BCEAshur-uballit II becomes King of Assyria
- 612 BCEFall of Nineveh
- 610 BCENecho II becomes Pharaoh
- c. 610 BCEOrigins of Kerch
- 610 BCEBirth of Anaximander
- from 610 BCE to 609 BCEFall of Harran
- 609 BCEJehoiakim becomes King of Judah
- 609 BCEBattle of Megiddo
- 605 BCENebuchadnezzar II becomes King of Babylon
- 605 BCEBattle of Carchemish
- c. 600s BCEPublication of Epigoni
- c. 601 BCEThe Lydians mint the first coins
- c. 600s BCEPhoenician sailors circumnavigate Africa, according to Herodotus