690S BC

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Events and trends

Significant people

Events and trends

★ 699 BC — Khallushu succeeds Shuttir-Nakhkhunte as king of the Elamite Empire.

★ 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 — 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.

Significant people

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