B.C.
700 BC Achaemenes, first king of Parsa
695 Cimmerians invade Phrygia
689 Assyrians destroy Babylon and flood the whole area
687 Manasseh becomes king of Judah till 642
685 Gyges founds the Mermnad dynasty in Lydia
685 Assyrians destroy Memphis and Thebes
683 Athens ends its rule of hereditary kings replaced by chosen archons
682 Judah surrenders to Assyria
672 First recorded exploration of Africa by Phoenicians
671 Assyrian rule in Egypt, Esarhaddon captures Memphis
669 Assurbanipal becomes king of Assyria
668 Assyrian Empire at its greatest extent
667 The Nubian Dynasty comes to an end
663 Egypt becomes independent, 26th dynasty is the last great period
663 Assurbanipal sacks Thebes in Egypt
652 Babylonians rebel against their Assyrian rulers
651 Cimmerian invaders driven from Lydia by Ardys
650 Cimmerian invaders plow through Syria and Palestine
650 Coinage invented in Lydia
650 Oracle of Delphi reaches the height of its influence
642 Amon becomes king of Judah till 640
640 Josiah becomes king of Judah till 609
640 Macedonia founded by Perdiccas
630 Birth of Zoroaster, founder of the Persian religion
628 Zephaniah is a prophet in Judah till 622
625 Etruscan influence reaches Rome and Rome expands
626 Chaldaean king Nabopolassar takes Babylon throne from Assyria
626 Jeremiah is a prophet in Judah till 586
621 Athens first written laws by Dracon (regarded as severe)
616 Tarquin kings rule Rome
615 Cyaxares of Media allies with Nabopolassar of Babylon against Assyria
612 Babylon, Medes, and Scythians destroy Assyria; Nineveh falls
612 Nahum is a prophet in Judah
609 Johoikim (Eliakim) becomes king of Judah till 598
609 Assyrian Empire comes to an end
609 Babylonian empire reaches to the borders of Egypt
608 Pharaoh Necho defeats and kills Josiah at the battle of Megiddo
605 Nebuchadnezzar II becomes king of Babylon
605 Nebuchadnezzar II defeats Pharaoh Necho at Carchemish in Syria
605 Habakkuk is a prophet in Judah
605 Alyattes rules Lydia
604 Nebuchadnezzar II rebuilds Babylon
605 Nebuchadnezzar II captures Jerusalem and takes many Hebrews into exile
605 The prophet Daniel is taken to Babylon
605 Judah is now under Babylonian rule
600 Many Aryian kings emerge across northern India; Mahabharata begins
600 Iron provides weapons and farming in China
600 Iron working spreads across Europe and warfare is revolutionized