This article concerns the period 699 BC – 690 BC.

Events and trends

699 BC The year 699 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 55 ''Ab urbe condita'' . The denomination 699 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar e ...

— Khallushu succeeds Shuttir-Nakhkhunte as king of the

Elamite Empire Elam (; Linear Elamite: ''hatamti''; Cuneiform Elamite: ; Sumerian: ; Akkadian: ; he, עֵילָם ''ʿēlām''; peo, 𐎢𐎺𐎩 ''hūja'') was an ancient civilization centered in the far west and southwest of modern-day Iran, stretc ...

. * 697 BC—Birth of

Duke Wen of Jin Duke Wen of Jin (697–628BC), born Chong'er (literally "Double Ears"), was a scion of the royal house of Jin during the Spring and Autumn Period of Chinese history. He famously endured a long period of exile from his realm before finally bei ...

in China. * 697 BC—Death of

King Huan of Zhou King Huan of Zhou (; died 697 BC), personal name Jī Lín (姬林), was the fourteenth king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty and the second of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty (770–256 BC). King Huan’s father was King Ping's son, Crown Prince Xiefu ...

in China. * 697 BC—

Hezekiah Hezekiah (; hbo, , Ḥīzqīyyahū), or Ezekias); grc, Ἐζεκίας 'Ezekías; la, Ezechias; also transliterated as or ; meaning "Yahweh, Yah shall strengthen" (born , sole ruler ), was the son of Ahaz and the 13th king of Kingdom of Jud ...

succeeded by

Manasseh Manasseh () is both a given name and a surname. Its variants include Manasses and Manasse. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Ezekiel Saleh Manasseh (died 1944), Singaporean rice and opium merchant and hotelier * Jacob Manasseh (die ...

as king of Judah. * 696 BC—

King Zhuang of Zhou King Zhuang of Zhou (died 682 BC) (), personal name Ji Tuo, was the fifteenth king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty and the third of the Eastern Zhou. He ruled 696–682 BC as a successor of his father, King Huan of Zhou King Huan of Zhou (; died 6 ...

begins his reign in China. * 696 BC—The

Cimmerians The Cimmerians (Akkadian: , romanized: ; Hebrew: , romanized: ; Ancient Greek: , romanized: ; Latin: ) were an ancient Eastern Iranian equestrian nomadic people originating in the Caspian steppe, part of whom subsequently migrated into Wes ...

ravage Phrygia, possible migration of the

Armenians Armenians ( hy, հայեր, '' hayer'' ) are an ethnic group native to the Armenian highlands of Western Asia. Armenians constitute the main population of Armenia and the ''de facto'' independent Artsakh. There is a wide-ranging diasp ...

. * 696 BC—Pantacles of

Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...

wins the stadion race at the 21st

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a vari ...

. Eusebius of Caesarea, ''Chronicle'

* 692 BC—

Karib'il Watar Karib'il Watar (Sabaean language, Sabaean: , romanized: ; 7th century BCE), sometimes distinguished as was probably the most important List of rulers of Saba and Himyar, ruler of the early days of the Sabaeans, Sabaean Kingdom. He is sometimes re ...

Saba' The Sabaeans or Sabeans (Sabaean:, ; ar, ٱلسَّبَئِيُّوْن, ''as-Sabaʾiyyūn''; he, סְבָאִים, Səḇāʾīm) were an ancient group of South Arabians. They spoke the Sabaean language, one of the Old South Arabian languag ...

is recorded as having given "gifts" (tribute) to King

Sennacherib Sennacherib ( Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: or , meaning " Sîn has replaced the brothers") was the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from the death of his father Sargon II in 705BC to his own death in 681BC. The second king of the Sargonid dynas ...

Assyria Assyria ( Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: , romanized: ''māt Aššur''; syc, ܐܬܘܪ, ʾāthor) was a major ancient Mesopotamian civilization which existed as a city-state at times controlling regional territories in the indigenous lands of the ...

. * 692 BC—Pantacles wins the stadion race for a second time and the diaulos at the 22nd Olympic Games. *

691 BC The year 691 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 63 '' Ab urbe condita'' . The denomination 691 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar e ...

—King Sennacherib of Assyria defeats king

Humban-nimena Humban-Numena (or Kumban-Numena) was a king of Elam from the Igihalkid dynasty ( Middle Elamite Period, mid-14th century BCE). He was a son and successor of King Attar-kittah, as it is attested in his inscriptions from temples in Liyan and in Susa.D ...

of Elam in the

Battle of Halule The Battle of Halule took place in 691 BC between the Assyrian empire and the rebelling forces of the Babylonians, Chaldeans, Persians, Medes, Elamites and Aramaic tribes. Background During the reign of King Sennacherib of Assyria, Babylon ...

. *

690 BC The year 690 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 64 '' Ab urbe condita'' . The denomination 690 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar e ...

—

Taharqa Taharqa, also spelled Taharka or Taharqo ( Egyptian: 𓇿𓉔𓃭𓈎 ''tꜣ-h-rw-k'', Akkadian: ''Tar-qu-u2'', , Manetho's ''Tarakos'', Strabo's ''Tearco''), was a pharaoh of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt and qore (king) of the Kingdom of ...

, a king of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty, ascends the throne of

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Medit ...

(approximate date) * c.

—Death of

Manava Manava (c. 750 BC – 690 BC) is an author of the Hindu geometric text of ''Sulba Sutras.'' The Manava Sulbasutra is not the oldest (the one by Baudhayana is older), nor is it one of the most important, there being at least three Sulbasut ...

, author of the Indian geometric text of Sulba Sutras. * 690s BC— W'rn Hywt of D'mt in

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

appears in the inscriptional record and mentions the king of Saba', Karib'il Watar.

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