Conflict & Security in the 7th century BC

85 sourced entries, 699 BCE to 600 BCE, oldest first. Also see Conflict & Security across every century or everything else in the 7th century BC.

• 699 BCE699 BC—Sennacherib carries out his fifth military campaign in Babylonia, a series of raids against the villages around the foot of Mount Judi, located to the northeast of Nineveh.source
• 699 BCE699 BC—Hallashu-Inshushinak (Khallushu) succeeds Shuttir-Nakhkhunte as king of the Elamite Empire.source
• 699 BCE699 BC—Manasseh succeeds Hezekiah as king of Judah. The first king who did not have an experience with the Kingdom of Israel, Manasseh ruled with his mother, Hephzibah, as regent.source
• 697 BCE697 BC—Manasseh becomes co-ruler with King Hezekiah of Judah.source
• 696 BCE696 BC—Zhou Zhuang Wang becomes king of the Zhou Dynasty of China.source
• 696 BCE696 BC—Cimmerian forces begin a conquest of Phrygia (modern Turkey), having failed in their efforts to defeat the Assyrians and moved into Anatolia.source
• 694 BCE694 BC—Troops of Qi killed Zheng-zi Wei(7th ruler of Zheng) and Gao Qumi(高渠弥). Ji Zhong(祭仲) invited Zheng-zi Ying(8th ruler of Zheng) from Chen and helped him assume the throne.source
• 693 BCE693 BC—Babylon is destroyed by the Assyrian king Sennacherib, but the city will be rebuilt in even greater splendor and luxury. He fights his way back north and captures various cities along the River Euphrates (or 691 BC or 689 BC).source
• 691 BCE691 BC—King Sennacherib of Assyria defeats king Humban-nimena of Elam in the Battle of Halule.source
• 690 BCE690 BC—Marquis of Ji(紀) does not surrender to Qi, and passes the throne to his younger brother, Ji Ji(紀季).source
• 678 BCEKing Wen of Chu conquers the state of Deng.source
• 678 BCEThe state of Jin became the first to maintain a standing armysource
• 678 BCENekauba becomes pharaoh of the twenty-sixth dynasty of Egyptsource
• 678 BCEJin–Quwo wars end (739–678 BCE), dynastic struggles between two branches of Jin's ruling housesource
• 678 BCEPhraortes becomes king of the Medes (according to the chronology proposed by Igor Diakonoff)source
• 678 BCEChu soldiers invade Zheng (according to the Zuo Zhuan)source
• 677 BCEEsarhaddon leads the Assyrian army against rebellious Arab tribes and advances as far as the Brook of Egypt.source
• 677 BCEFrom this year to 676 BC, Sennacherib's successor, King Esarhaddon, forced Tyre into tribute after campaigning in Khor and destroying Sidon in 679 BC.source
• 676 BCEZhou Hui Wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.source
• 676 BCEIn 679 BCE, Sennacherib's successor, King Esarhaddon, campaigned in Khor, destroyed Sidon, and forced Tyre into tribute from 677 BCE to this year.source
• 675 BCETeispes becomes a king of Anshan.source
• 674 BCEEsarhaddon puts down a revolt in Ascalon supported by Taharqa, king of Kush and Egypt. In response, the Assyrians invade Egypt, but Taharqa is able to hold them off.source
• 673 BCETullus Hostilius becomes the third king of Rome.source
• 672 BCE(estimated date) Tullus Hostilius becomes the legendary third king of Rome.source
• 671 BCEKing Esarhaddon of Assyria defeats the Kushite-Egyptian army of Pharaoh Taharqa and captures Memphis, along with a number of the royal family. He sets up a new Assyrian administration in Lower Egypt and withdraws.source
• 670 BCEMiletus is sieged by Lydia, Priene is annexed by Lydia, and Samos annexes the former Melian territorysource
• 669 BCETaharqa, king of Kush, invades and reconquers Egypt from the Assyrian Empire.source
• 668 BCEKing Ashurbanipal puts down an Egyptian rebellion. He drives out Egypt's Ethiopian king Taharqa, and restores Necho I as governor of Sais in the Nile Delta.source
• 668 BCENineveh, capital of Assyria becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Thebes in Egypt (estimation).source
• 668 BCEShamash-shum-ukin, second son of the late Assyrian king Esarhaddon, becomes king of Babylon.source
• 667 BCEKing Ashurbanipal of Assyria resumes his late father's attack on Egypt (see 671 BC), recapturing Memphis and beginning an offensive into Upper Egypt.source
• 664 BCEFirst naval battle in Greek recorded history, between Corinth and Corcyra.source
• 664 BCEKushites invade Assyrian-controlled Egypt.source
• 664 BCEPsamtik I succeeds Necho I as ruler of Lower Egypt.source
• 664 BCETantamani succeeds his uncle Taharqa as king of Kush.source
• 664 BCEThe Assyrians under Ashurbanipal capture and sack Thebes, Egypt.source
• 663 BCESiege of Tyre by the Assyrians under Ashurbanipal.source
• 660 BCEFebruary 11 - The accession date of the first Emperor of Japan, Emperor Jimmu, converted from the Japanese imperial year as calculated by the dates in the Nihon Shoki.source
• 659 BCEThe enemy city of Alba Longa is destroyed by the Romans.source
• 658 BCEEnd of the rule of Duke Zhuang in Yan.source
• 658 BCEEnd of the rule of Miltiades in Athens.source
• 657 BCEThe Li Ji Unrest, a series of events that ends in 651 BC, initiates when Li Ji, the concubine of Duke Xian of Jin, attempts to have her son Xiqi placed on the throne of Jin.source
• 656 BCEKing Shamash-shum-ukin of Babylon forms a secret alliance with Arabs, Aramaeans, Elamites, Persians, and Egyptians against his half brother Ashurbanipal.source
• 656 BCEThebes submits to the Egyptian ruler Psamtik I of Sais, who has allied himself with Gyges of Lydia and employs Libyan soldiers in a rebellion against Assyrian rule with help from Carian and Ionian mercenaries. Psamtik permits the city's mayor Mentuemhat to retain his position, who is not only the most powerful Theban but also the fourth prophet of Amon.source
• 655 BCEThe Assyrian army invade Elam and overtake its twin capital cities Madaktu and Susa and install a king that is pro-Assyrian on the throne.source
• 653 BCEElamite forces attack southern Babylon. A large Assyrian army sent by king Ashurbanipal defeat the Elamites, in the Battle of Ulai, and kill their king, Teumman. He is succeeded by his nephew Ummanigash.source
• 652 BCEElam withdraws from her alliance with king Shamash-shum-ukin of Babylon, who launches a premature attack on his half brother Ashurbanipal at year's end without waiting for reinforcements that have been promised by the Egyptian king Psamtik I.source
• 652 BCEGuan Zhong, Chinese chancellor, urges Duke Huan of Qi to attack the small neighboring State of Xing which is under attack from Quan Rong nomads. Later, he advises the duke not to ally with a vassal ruler's son who wishes to depose his father.source
• 651 BCEKing Ashurbanipal defeats the Babylonian army of his half brother Shamash-shum-ukin and surrounds the fortified city of Babylon. Beginning a 3-year siege during which the Assyrians will defeat Shamash-shum-ukin's allies.source
• 651 BCEZhou Xiang Wang becomes king of the Zhou dynasty of China.source
• 651 BCEKing Teispes of Anshan (Persia) sends help to Shamash-shum-ukin but his heirs will later be obliged to accept Assyrian overlordship.source
• 650 BCESecond Messenian War ended in 650.source
• 649 BCEIndabigash succeeds Tammaritu as a king of the Elamite Empire.source
• 649 BCEA revolt led by Shamash-shum-ukin is crushed by the Assyrians.source
• 648 BCEMessenians in the Peloponnese revolt against Sparta under the leadership of king Aristomenes, beginning a struggle that will continue until 631 BC.source
• 648 BCEBabylon falls to Assyrian forces after a 3-year siege (see 651 BC); starved out by his half brother Ashurbanipal, king Shamash-shum-ukin commits suicide in his burning palace, as the Assyrians slaughter his city's garrison and much of its population.source
• 647 BCEElam refuses to extradite an Aramaean prince, giving the king Ashurbanipal of Assyria an excuse to invade the country. He sacks the city of Susa.source
• 644 BCEArdys succeeds his father Gyges as the second Mermnad king of Lydia. During his reign he finds payment of tribute to Assyria preferable to rule by the Cimmerians, who will be routed a few decades later.source
• 644 BCECimmerian forces from Anatolia conquer Sardis and reach the peak of their power. King Gyges of Lydia has spent most of his 28-year reign fighting his southern and western neighbors in an effort to gain suzerainty over all of Western Asia Minor. He has helped the rebellion of Psamtik I, but he receives no support from his erstwhile Assyrian ally Ashurbanipal. Gyges falls in a battle against the Cimmerians under king Tugdamme (approximate date).source
• 640 BCEThe interregnum in Rome ends. Ancus Marcius becomes the fourth king of Romesource
• 640 BCEKing Ashurbanipal of Assyria achieves a great victory over Elam. He captures its last king, Khumma-Khaldash III, and lays waste to the country.source
• 640 BCETheagenes becomes tyrant at Megara.source
• 637 BCESadyattes becomes king of Lydia.source
• 631 BCESadyattes becomes king of Lydia.source
• 627 BCEBattle of Xiao, between the states of Jin and Qin in China.source
• 627 BCESinsharishkun succeeds his brother Ashur-etil-ilani as king of Assyria (approximate date).source
• 625 BCECyaxares becomes king of the Medes (approximate date)source
• 616 BCELucius Tarquinius Priscus becomes the legendary fifth king of Rome.source
• 615 BCEThe Neo-Babylonian Empire begins attacking Assyrian cities.source
• 614 BCEThe Medes and Babylonians sack Assur.source
• 613 BCEKing Zhuang of Chu becomes king of Chu in China.source
• 612 BCEAshur-uballit II attempts to keep the Assyrian state alive by establishing himself as king at Harran.source
• 612 BCEBattle of Nineveh: An allied army of Babylonians, Medes, Scythians, and Susianians besieges and conquers Nineveh, capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. Sinsharishkun, King of Assyria, is killed in the sacking.source
• 612 BCEKing Kuang of Zhou becomes king of the Zhou dynasty of China.source
• 612 BCEBabylon, capital of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, becomes the largest city in the world, taking the lead from Nineveh.source
• 610 BCENecho II succeeds Psamtik I as king of Egypt.source
• 609 BCEBattle of Megiddo—King Josiah is killed fighting against Necho II, who was on his way to aid the Assyrian state.source
• 609 BCEThe Medes and the Babylonians defeat the Assyrians under Ashur-uballit II and capture Harran. Ashur-uballit II, the last king of Assyria, disappears from history.source
• 606 BCEKing Ding of Zhou succeeds King Kuang of Zhou the ruler of the Zhou dynasty.source
• 605 BCEBattle of Carchemish: Crown Prince Nebuchadnezzar defeats the allied armies of Egypt and former Assyria, securing the Babylonian conquest of Assyria (approximate date).source
• 605 BCENebuchadnezzar II succeeds his father Nabopolassar as king of Babylonia.source
• 605 BCEBattle of Hamath: Nebuchadnezzar II defeats the remainder of the Egyptian army after the Battle of Carchemish.source
• 601 BCEThe Jewish–Babylonian war begins between the Kingdom of Judah and Babylonia. It ends in 586 BC.source
• 600 BCEVictorious over the Carthaginians in a naval battle, the Greeks of Phocaea establish the city of Marseille in today's France.source
• 600 BCESmyrna is sacked and destroyed by Alyattes I. (approximate date)source