620S BC

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Events and trends

Significant people

Events and trends

★ c. 627 BC — Death of Assurbanipal, king of Assyria; he is succeeded by Assur-etel-ilani.

★ 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).

★ 623 BC — Sin-shar-ishkun succeeds his brother Assur-etel-ilani as king of Assyria (approximate date).

★ 622 BC or 621 BC — Text of Deuteronomy found in the Temple in Jerusalem.

★ 624 BC — The Year 666 in the Mayan Calendar.

Significant people

★ Aesop

★ c. 626 BC — Jeremiah

★ c. 624 BC - Birth of Thales