| Millennia: | 1st millennium BC |
| Centuries: | 8th century BC - 7th century BC - 6th century BC |
| Decades: | 680s BC 670s BC 660s BC - 650s BC - 640s BC 630s BC 620s BC |
| Years: | 659 BC 658 BC 657 BC 656 BC 655 BC 654 BC 653 BC 652 BC 651 BC 650 BC |
| Categories: | Births - Deaths - State leaders - Sovereign states Establishments - Disestablishments |
Events and trends
- Occupation begins at Maya site of Piedras Negras, Guatemala. A millennium (pl millennia) is a period of Time equal to one thousand Years (from Latin la mille, thousand and la annum The 1st millennium BC encompasses the Iron Age and sees the rise of successive empires A century (from the Latin centum, meaning one hundred is One hundred consecutive Years Centuries are numbered ordinally (e The 8th century BC started the first day of 800 BC and ended the last day of 701 BC. The 7th century BC started the first day of 700 BC and ended the last day of 601 BC. The 6th century BC started the first day of 600 BC and ended the last day of 501 BC. See also List of centuries, History This is a list of Decades in history including links to corresponding articles with more information about them Events and trends 689 BC — King Sennacherib of Assyria sacks Babylon. Events and trends 677 BC — Esarhaddon leads the Assyrian army against rebellious Arab tribes advances as far as the Brook of Egypt Events and trends 669 BC: Ashurbanipal succeeds his father Esarhaddon as king of Assyria. Events and trends Assyrian king Ashurbanipal founds library which includes our earliest complete copy of the Epic of Gilgamesh. Events and trends 636 BC — Duke Wen of Jin ascends to power in the State of Jin during the Zhou Dynasty of China. Events and trends 628 BC — King Josiah of Judah dies in the Battle of Megiddo against Pharaoh Necho II of This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century Events and trends Occupation begins at Maya site of Piedras Negras Guatemala. Events and trends Occupation begins at Maya site of Piedras Negras Guatemala. Events and trends Occupation begins at Maya site of Piedras Negras Guatemala. Events and trends Occupation begins at Maya site of Piedras Negras Guatemala. Events and trends Occupation begins at Maya site of Piedras Negras Guatemala. Events and trends Occupation begins at Maya site of Piedras Negras Guatemala. Events and trends Occupation begins at Maya site of Piedras Negras Guatemala. Events and trends Occupation begins at Maya site of Piedras Negras Guatemala. Events and trends Occupation begins at Maya site of Piedras Negras Guatemala. Events and trends Occupation begins at Maya site of Piedras Negras Guatemala. The Maya civilization is a Mesoamerican Civilization, noted for the only known fully developed written language of the Pre-Columbian Americas Piedras Negras is the modern name for a ruined city of the Pre-Columbian Maya civilization located on the north bank of the Usumacinta River in the
- 657 BC — Cypselus becomes the first tyrant of Corinth. Events and trends Occupation begins at Maya site of Piedras Negras Guatemala. Cypselus (or Kypselos) (in Greek, Κύψελος) was the first Tyrant of Corinth in the 7th century BC In modern usage a tyrant is a single ruler holding absolute power over a State or within an Organization. Corinth, or Korinth ( Greek Κόρινθος ( is a city in Greece.
- 656 BC — Psammetichus extends his control over all of Egypt. Events and trends Occupation begins at Maya site of Piedras Negras Guatemala. The History of Ancient Egypt spans the period from the early predynastic settlements of the northern Nile Valley to the Roman conquest in 30 End of Twenty-fifth Dynasty. The twenty-first twenty-second twenty-third twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth dynasties of Ancient Egypt are often combined under the group title Third Intermediate
- 653 BC — Atta-Khumma-In-Shushinak and Khumbanigash II succeed Shilhak-In-Shushinak and Tempti-Khumma-In-Shushinak as kings of the Elamite Empire. Events and trends Occupation begins at Maya site of Piedras Negras Guatemala. Elam is the name of an ancient civilization located in what is now southwest Iran.
- 652 BC — Babylonia rises in revolt under Shamash-shuma-ukin against the Assyrians. Events and trends Occupation begins at Maya site of Piedras Negras Guatemala. Babylonia was an Amorite state in lower Mesopotamia (modern southern Iraq) with Babylon as its capital Early history The most Neolithic site in Assyria is at Tell Hassuna, the center of the Hassuna culture
- 652 BC - Guan Zhong urges the Duke of Qi to maintain the respect of the other states by refusing the offer of the son of a recently defeated state's ruler to ally himself with Qi if Qi would help him depose his father. Guan Zhong (Chinese 管仲 Wade-Giles Kuan Chung (born 725 BC died in 645 BC was a Chinese politician in the Spring and Autumn Period. In traditional Chinese culture, qi (zh [[wikt氣 氣]] Pinyin qì, Wade-Giles ch'i Jyutping
- 651 BC — Zhou xiang wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China. Events and trends Occupation begins at Maya site of Piedras Negras Guatemala. King Xiang of Zhou (d 619 BC ( ch 周襄王 zhōu xīang wáng was the eighteenth sovereign of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty and the sixth of Eastern Zhou Dynasty China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National
- 650 BC — The town of Abdera in Thrace is founded by colonists from Clazomenae. Events and trends Occupation begins at Maya site of Piedras Negras Guatemala. Abdera (Άβδηρα was a town on the coast of Thrace 17 km east-northeast of the mouth of the Nestos, and almost opposite Thasos. Thrace (Тракия Trakiya or "Trakija" or Trakia, Θράκη Thráki, Trakya is a historical and geographic area in southeast Europe Klazomenai (also spelled Clazomenae, Greek: Κλαζομεναί, modern-day Kilizman near İzmir in Turkey) was an
- 650 BC — A climate change affects all the Bronze Age cultures in Europe with colder and wetter climate, and tribes from the Scandinavian Nordic Bronze Age cultures are pushed downwards into the European continent. Climate change is any long-term significant change in the “average weather” that a given region experiences The term Bronze Age refers to a period in human cultural development when the most advanced Metalworking (at least in systematic and widespread use included techniques for Terminology and usage As a cultural term "Scandinavia" has no official definition and is subject to usage by those who identify with the culture in question as well The Nordic Bronze Age (also Northern Bronze Age) is the name given by Oscar Montelius to a period and a Bronze Age culture in Scandinavian
- 650 BC–625 BC — Wine pitcher (oinochoe), from Rhodes, is made. Events and trends 628 BC — King Josiah of Judah dies in the Battle of Megiddo against Pharaoh Necho II of An oenochoe, also spelled oinochoe, (Gr Οινοχόη is a Wine jug and a key form of Greek pottery. Rhodes (Ρόδος Ródos, ˈɾo̞ðo̞s Rodi ردوس Rodos; Ladino: Rodi or Rodes) is a Greek island It is now at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Significant people
- 653 BC — Death of Tantamani, last king of the Twenty-fifth dynasty of Egypt
- 652 BC — Death of Gyges, king of Lydia
- 652 BC — Death of Zhou hui wang, king of the Zhou Dynasty of China
- 652 BC — First recorded mention of King Kuras of Parsumas, possibly the same as King Cyrus I of Anshan, head of the Achaemenid dynasty
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