690s BC
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| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
| Centuries: | 8th century BC - 7th century BC - 6th century BC |
| Decades: | 720s BC 710s BC 700s BC - 690s BC - 680s BC 670s BC 660s BC |
| Years: | 699 BC 698 BC 697 BC 696 BC 695 BC 694 BC 693 BC 692 BC 691 BC 690 BC |
| Categories: | Births - Deaths - Architecture Establishments - Disestablishments |
[edit] Events and trends
- 699 BC — Khallushu succeeds Shuttir-Nakhkhunte as king of the Elamite Empire.
- 697 BC — Birth of Duke Wen of Jin in China.
- 697 BC — Death of Zhou huan wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
- 696 BC — Zhou zhuang wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
- 696 BC — The Cimmerians ravage Phrygia, possible migration of the Armenians.
- 692 BC — Karib'il Watar of Saba' is recorded as having given gifts ("tribute") to King Sennacherib of Assyria.
- 691 BC — King Sennacherib of Assyria defeats king Humban-nimena of Elam in the Battle of Halule.
- 690 BC — Taharqa, a king of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty, ascends the throne of Egypt (approximate date)
- c. 690 BC-664 BC - Sphinx of Taharqa, from Temple T, Kawa, Nubia, is made. Twenty-fifth dynasty of Egypt. It is now kept at The British Museum, London.
- c. 690 BC — Death of Manava, author of the Indian geometric text of Sulba Sutras.
- 690s BC — W'rn Hywt of D'mt in Ethiopia appears in the inscriptional record and mentions the king of Saba', Karib'il Watar.
