Exploration & Expansion in the 7th century BC

17 sourced entries, 696 BCE to 600 BCE, oldest first. Also see Exploration & Expansion across every century or everything else in the 7th century BC.

696 BCE696 BC—Possible migration of the Armenians (approximate date).source
688 BCE688 BC—Traditional date for the founding of Gela in Sicily by colonists from Rhodes and Crete.source
679 BCEA large structure with a mudbrick self-supporting arch roof was discovered and dated to between this year and 630 BCE in Tell Jemmeh.source
679 BCEThe Cimmerians migrate to the east and west of Mannaea.source
679 BCEThe Assyrians used Cimmerians in their army as mercenaries; a legal document of 679 B.C. refers to an Assyrian ‘commander of the Cimmerian regiment’; but in other Assyrian documents they are called ‘the seed of runaways who know neither vows to the gods nor oaths’source
678 BCETwo solar eclipses occur on the 1st and the 30th over the Penzhina Bay and the South Pacific Ocean respectively.source
670 BCEMiletus begins establishing colonies in the Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea.source
667 BCEByzantium (modern Istanbul) is founded by Megaran colonists under Byzas.source
666 BCEKing Ashurbanipal undertook a campaign to Egypt.source
655 BCEStagira on the Chalkidiki peninsula is founded by Ionian settlers from Andros.source
654 BCETraditional date of the foundation of Abdera in Thrace by colonists from Clazomenae.source
640 BCEKolaios of Samos reaches the Strait of Gibraltar.source
631 BCECyrene, a Greek colony in present-day Libya, North Africa, is founded by emigrants from the island of Thera (approximate date).source
625 BCEOrientalizing period of vases ends in Ancient Greece (approximate date).source
609 BCEThe Persian Gulf recedes by a large portion, extending the Tigris and Euphrates rivers by 187 mi (300 km).source
601 BCEApproximate date of the foundation of Perinthus by settlers from Samos.source
600 BCEThe Etruscans seize possession of Rome, making it into a prosperous trade center. (approximate date)source