620s BC
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This article concerns the period 629 BC – 620 BC.
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Events and trends
[edit]- c. 627 BC—Death of Assurbanipal, king of Assyria; he is succeeded by Assur-etel-ilani.
- 627 BC—Creation of Durrës, at the time known as Epidamnus.[1]
- 627 BC—Spring and Autumn period: Jin defeats Qin in the Battle of Xiao
- 626 BC—Nabopolassar revolts against Assyria, founds the Neo-Babylonian Empire.
- 625 BC—Medes and Babylonians assert their independence from Assyria and attack Nineveh (approximate date).
- c. 625 BC—Orientalizing period of vases ends in Ancient Greece.
- c. 623 BC—Sin-shar-ishkun succeeds his brother Assur-etel-ilani as king of Assyria.
- 622 or 621 BC - Draco makes the first law code for Ancient Greece.[2]
Significant people
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Grote, George (2013-05-13). Caspari, M.O.B; Mitchell, J.M (eds.). A History of Greece. Routledge. doi:10.4324/9780203425848. ISBN 978-1-134-59378-1.
- ↑ Sealey, Raphael (1976). A History of the Greek City States, 700–338 B.C. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 99–101. ISBN 0-520-03177-6. Reprinted with corrections and additions 1985.