Timeline Chronology: VII century BCE
Ancient History
c. 700 BCE
- Archaic Period begins in Greece
- Greeks in southern Italy, protagonists of the foundation of a whole series of colonies that will give life to the so-called Magna Greece
- Earliest inscriptions in Etruscan
- Kingdom of Phrygia
- Nomadic Scythians begin to establish permanent settlements on the western steppes
- Sennarchib of Assyria besieges Jerusalem, but then returns to put down a revolt
- Adena culture begins to flourishin upper Ohio valley
689 BCE
- Babylon destroyed by Assyrian king, Sennacherib
- Nubian king Taharqa becomes Pharoah of Egypt, founding the 25th dynasty
681 BCE
- Sennacherib of Assyria assasinated and Esrhaddon becomes ruler
674 BCE
- Assyrians in Egypt
- Tulius Hostilius becomes third king of Rome
671 BCE
- Assyrian king Esarhaddon captures the Egyptian capital Memphis
670 BCE
- Gyges comes to the throne of Lydia
- Iron-working introduced into Egypt
669 BCE
- Pharoah Taharqa reoccupies Memphis
668 BCE
- Assyrian king Ashurbanipal expels Taharka from Memphis, reestablishing Assyrian government in Egypt
663 BCE
- Assyrians sack Thebes in Egypt; their empire reaches its greatest extent
- Egypt regains independence from the Assyrians under the 26th dynasty
660 BCE
- Jimmu, the first emperor of Japan is born
- Earliest recorded naval battle between Greek city-states
652 BCE
- Lydian capital Sardis sacked by the Cimmerians
c. 650 BCE
- Medes form a unified state
- Meroe founded (in modern Sudan)
- Kingdom of Lydia
- First coins minted in Lydia
- Earliest legislations in Greece
- Second Messenian War
- Iron technology reaches Zhou China
648 BCE
- Babylon surrenders to Ashurbanipal
636 BCE
- Cylon's attempt to establish tyranny at Athens
630 BCE
- Sparta wages war against the Messenians
- Greek colony of Cyrene founded (in modern Libya)
626 BCE
- Chaldean (Neo-Babylonian) monarchy
- Nabopolassar becomes ruler of Babylon, founding Neo-Babylonian dynasty
625 BCE
- Periander takes power as Tyrant in Corinth
621 BCE
- First Athenian law code, Code of Draco
621 BCE
- First Athenian law code, Code of Draco
620 BCE
- Foundation of Greek colony of Tartessus in Spain
621 BCE
- First Athenian law code, Code of Draco
616 BCE
- Tarquin, an Etruscan, becomes king of Rome
615 BCE
- The Medes, an emerging power
612 BCE
- Assyrian empire collapses in face of attacks from Medes and Babylonians
609 BCE
- Residual Assyrian state, Harran, captured by Babylonians and Medes
- Assyrian state disappears forever
608 BCE
- Necho II of Egypt invades Judah
605 BCE
- Nebuchadnezzar II succeeds to the throne of Babylon
604 BCE
- Traditional date for the birth of Lao Tzu, the founder of Taoism