7th century BC

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700 BC – 601 BC · 3 events

What happened around the world

Middle East

c. 650 BC Library of Ashurbanipal — Tens of thousands of tablets preserve the Epic of Gilgamesh
612 BC Fall of Nineveh — Babylon and Media bring the Assyrian empire to an end

Asia

c. 660 BC Legendary accession of Emperor Jimmu — Per the chronicles, the start of an unbroken imperial line

Who ruled

China: dynasties: Zhou 1046 BC – 256 BC
Rome and Byzantium: Roman Kingdom 753 BC – 509 BC

Largest states