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★ Assyrian king Ashurbanipal founds library, which includes our earliest complete copy of the ''Epic of Gilgamesh''.
★ 649 BC — Indabigash succeeds Tammaritu as a king of the Elamite Empire.
★ 649 BC — Babylonian revolt under Shamash-shuma-ukin is crushed by the Assyrians.
★ 648 BC — Pankration becomes an event at the Ancient Olympic Games.
★ April 6, 648 BC — Earliest Greek-chronicled solar eclipse.
★ 647 BC — King Assurbanipal of Assyria sacks Susa.
★ c. 647 BC — Assurbanipal and his Queen in the garden, from the palaca at Nineveh (modern Kuyunjik, Iraq) is made. It is now in The British Museum, London.
★ 642 BC — Ancus Marcius becomes the fourth King of Rome (traditional date).
★ 640 BC — Great victory of Assyria over Elamite Empire.
★ 645 BC — Death of Guan Zhong, Prime Minister of the Chinese state of Qi
★ 645 BC — Death of Archilochos, Greek poet (approximate date)
★ 643 BC — Death of Manasseh of Judah
★ 641 BC — Josiah becomes king of Judah
★ 640 BC — Birth of Stesichorus, Greek poet (approximate date)
| Contents |
| Events and trends |
| Significant people |
Events and trends
★ Assyrian king Ashurbanipal founds library, which includes our earliest complete copy of the ''Epic of Gilgamesh''.
★ 649 BC — Indabigash succeeds Tammaritu as a king of the Elamite Empire.
★ 649 BC — Babylonian revolt under Shamash-shuma-ukin is crushed by the Assyrians.
★ 648 BC — Pankration becomes an event at the Ancient Olympic Games.
★ April 6, 648 BC — Earliest Greek-chronicled solar eclipse.
★ 647 BC — King Assurbanipal of Assyria sacks Susa.
★ c. 647 BC — Assurbanipal and his Queen in the garden, from the palaca at Nineveh (modern Kuyunjik, Iraq) is made. It is now in The British Museum, London.
★ 642 BC — Ancus Marcius becomes the fourth King of Rome (traditional date).
★ 640 BC — Great victory of Assyria over Elamite Empire.
Significant people
★ 645 BC — Death of Guan Zhong, Prime Minister of the Chinese state of Qi
★ 645 BC — Death of Archilochos, Greek poet (approximate date)
★ 643 BC — Death of Manasseh of Judah
★ 641 BC — Josiah becomes king of Judah
★ 640 BC — Birth of Stesichorus, Greek poet (approximate date)
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