7th century BC

The 7th century BC started the first day of and ended the last day of.

The continued to dominate the near east during this century, excercising formidable power over neighbours like  and. In the last two decades of the century, however, the empire began to unravel as numerous enemies made alliances and waged war from all sides. The Assyrians finally left the world stage permanently when their capital was destroyed in  BC. These events gave rise to the, which would dominate the region for much of the following century.

Events



 * to — , an orally transmitted  text on altar construction, contains the earliest extant verbal statement of the , which was likely known to (but not stated by) s (1800 BC to 1600 BC).
 * - The begins in the southern.
 * End of 7th century BC — The from  (western ) and the  from modern  and  invade the northern and eastern parts of.
 * — succeeds  as king of the.
 * — Death of, King of the of.
 * — becomes King of the  of.
 * 696 BC — The  ravage, possible migration of the.
 * — King of  defeats king  of  in the.
 * —, a king of the , ascends the throne of (approximate date)
 * — King of  sacks.
 * — becomes king of.
 * 687 BC — succeeded by  as king of.
 * — Death of, King of the of.
 * —  becomes King of the  of.
 * 681 BC — succeeds  as king of.
 * — Death of, King of the of.
 * 677 BC — leads the n army against rebellious  tribes, advances as far as the.
 * — becomes King of the  of.
 * — begins the rebuilding of.
 * — puts down a revolt in  supported by, king of . In response, the  invade , but  is able to hold the invaders off.
 * — becomes king of.
 * — again invades, capturing  as well as a number of the.
 * — succeeds his father  as king of.
 * —, son of , becomes King of.
 * — revolts against.
 * — Estimation:, capital of becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from  in.
 * — founded by  colonists under . (traditional date)
 * — First in  recorded history, between  and.
 * — captures and sacks.
 * — succeeds  as king of.
 * — appoints his nephew  as his successor of.
 * , — Traditional founding date of  by.
 * — First known use of the script.
 * — drives the ns out of.
 * — Occupation begins at site of.
 * — becomes the first  of.
 * — extends his control over all of . End of.
 * — and  succeed  and  as kings of the.
 * — rises in revolt under  against the ns.
 * — becomes King of the  of.
 * — The town of in  is founded by colonists from.
 * 650 BC — A affects all the  cultures in  with colder and wetter climate, and tribes from the   cultures are pushed downwards into the.
 * — king  founds library, which includes our earliest complete copy of the .
 * — succeeds  as a king of the.
 * — n revolt under is crushed by the ns.
 * — becomes an event at the.
 * , — Earliest -chronicled.
 * —  of  sacks.
 * — becomes king of  (traditional date).
 * — Great victory of over.
 * —, , seizes the  in a failed attempt to become king.
 * 632 BC — In the, the kingdom of  and her allies defeat the kingdom of  and her allies.
 * — Founding of, a colony in   (approximate date).
 * 631 BC — becomes king of.
 * — Death of, king of ; he is succeeded by (approximate date).
 * — revolts against, founds the.
 * — and  assert their independence from  and attack  (approximate date).
 * — succeeds his brother  as king of  (approximate date).
 * or — Text of  found in the.
 * — becomes king of.
 * 619 BC — Death of, King of the of.
 * — becomes King of the  of.
 * — becomes king of.
 * — Sack of by the  and.
 * — Death of, King of the of.
 * — becomes King of the  of.
 * 612 BC — An alliance of, s and besiege and conquer . King  of  is killed in the sack.
 * 612 BC — attempts to keep the n empire alive by establishing himself as king at.
 * 612 BC — Estimation:, capital of becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from , capital of.
 * — succeeds  as king of.
 * — King of  dies in the  against   of, who is on his way north to aid the rump n state of.
 * 609 BC — The defeat the  of  and capture ., the last n king, disappears from history.
 * 609 BC — succeeds his father  as, but is quickly deposed by , who installs 's brother  in his place.
 * — Death of, King of the of.
 * — becomes King of the  of.
 * — :  of  defeats the army of  of, securing the  conquest of . The  pursue through  and.
 * 605 BC — succeeds his father  as King of.
 * — Foundation of.
 * — — Age of the  — 16 great kingdoms rule India —,    , , ,  (or Vriji), , ,  (or Vamsa), , ,  (or Matsya), , , , ,
 * 600 BC — Foundation of by  (approximate date).
 * 600 BC — Foundation of by  (traditional date).
 * 600 BC — sacked and destroyed.
 * 600 BC — builds the.
 * 600 BC —  leads his family and some friends on pilgrimage from  to the.
 * arrived in.

Significant persons

 * of the (reigned –)
 * , and conqueror of  (–)
 * (reigned –)
 * (reigned –)
 * , and conqueror of  (reigned –)
 * of, poet (c. –). He is born on the island of
 * — Death of, second of the , successor to
 * — Death of, king of
 * — Death of, king of
 * — Death of, king of
 * — Death of, last king of the
 * — Death of, king of the of
 * — First recorded mention of King, possibly the same as King , head of the
 * — Death of, of the  state of
 * of the (reigned –)
 * of,  (c. –)
 * of, one of the (–)
 * of,  (–)
 * — Death of, king of
 * — Birth of ,
 * of ,

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

 * The invent.
 * First metal s used by ns of western . Until c. s bore an image on one side only.
 * allegedly discovered in.