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620s BC
This article concerns the period 629 BC – 620 BC. Events and trends * c. 627 BC—Death of Assurbanipal, king of Assyria; he is succeeded by Assur-etel-ilani. * 627 BC—Creation of Durrës, at the time known as Epidamnus. * 627 BC—Spring and Autumn period: Jin (Chinese state), Jin defeats Qin (state), Qin in the Battle of Xiao * 626 BC—Nabopolassar revolts against Assyria, founds the Neo-Babylonian Empire. * 625 BC—Medes and Babylonians assert their independence from Assyria and attack Nineveh (approximate date). * c. 625 BC—Orientalizing period of vases ends in Ancient Greece. * c. 623 BC—Sin-shar-ishkun succeeds his brother Assur-etel-ilani as king of Assyria. * 622 or 621 BC - Draco (lawgiver), Draco makes the first law code for Ancient Greece. Significant people * 628 BC—Death of Duke Wen of Jin, China. * c. 628 BC—Commonly accepted date for the Birth of Zoroaster. * c. 626 BC—Jeremiah. * 625 BC—Death of Yuan Taotu, China. * c. 624 BC—Birth of Thales. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assurbanipal
Ashurbanipal (, meaning " Ashur is the creator of the heir")—or Osnappar ()—was the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 669 BC to his death in 631. He is generally remembered as the last great king of Assyria. Ashurbanipal inherited the throne as the favored heir of his father Esarhaddon; his 38-year reign was among the longest of any Assyrian king. Though sometimes regarded as the apogee of ancient Assyria, his reign also marked the last time Assyrian armies waged war throughout the ancient Near East and the beginning of the end of Assyrian dominion over the region. Esarhaddon selected Ashurbanipal as heir 673. The selection of Ashurbanipal bypassed the elder son Shamash-shum-ukin. Perhaps in order to avoid future rivalry, Esarhaddon designated Shamash-shum-ukin as the heir to Babylonia. The two brothers jointly acceded to their respective thrones after Esarhaddon's death in 669, though Shamash-shum-ukin was relegated to being Ashurbanipal's closely monitored vassal. Mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Draco (lawgiver)
Draco (; , ), also called Drako or Drakon, according to Athenian tradition, was the first legislator of Athens in Ancient Greece. He replaced the system of oral law and blood feud by the Draconian constitution, a written code to be enforced only by a court of law. His laws were supposed to have been very harsh, establishing the death penalty for most offenses. Tradition held that all of his laws were repealed by Solon, save for those on homicide. An inscription from 409/8 BC contains part of the current law and refers to it as "the law of Draco about homicide". Nothing is known about the specifics of other laws established by Draco. According to some scholars, Draco may have been a fictional figure, entirely or in part. Biographical information about him is almost entirely lacking; he was held to have established his legal code in the year 621/620 BC. Since the 19th century, the adjective ''draconian'' (Greek: , ) refers to similarly unforgiving rules or laws in Greek, English, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
622 BC
The year 622 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 132 ''Ab urbe condita'' . The denomination 622 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events * The finding of one of the five books of Moses in Jerusalem by king Josiah. Births * Ezekiel Ezekiel, also spelled Ezechiel (; ; ), was an Israelite priest. The Book of Ezekiel, relating his visions and acts, is named after him. The Abrahamic religions acknowledge Ezekiel as a prophet. According to the narrative, Ezekiel prophesied ..., Hebrew prophet (d. c. 570 BC) Deaths * Viscount Cheng of Zhao References Years of the 7th century BC {{BC-year-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddha
Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha (),* * * was a wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism. According to Buddhist legends, he was born in Lumbini, in what is now Nepal, to royal parents of the Shakya clan, but renounced his home life to live as a wandering ascetic. After leading a life of mendicancy, asceticism, and meditation, he attained nirvana at Bodh Gayā in what is now India. The Buddha then wandered through the lower Indo-Gangetic Plain, teaching and building a monastic order. Buddhist tradition holds he died in Kushinagar and reached ''parinirvana'' ("final release from conditioned existence"). According to Buddhist tradition, the Buddha taught a Middle Way between sensual indulgence and severe asceticism, leading to freedom from ignorance, craving, rebirth, and suffering. His core teachings are summarized in the Four Noble Truths and the Noble Ei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
623 BC
This article concerns the period 629 BC – 620 BC. Events and trends * c. 627 BC—Death of Assurbanipal, king of Assyria; he is succeeded by Assur-etel-ilani. * 627 BC—Creation of Durrës, at the time known as Epidamnus. * 627 BC—Spring and Autumn period: Jin defeats Qin in the Battle of Xiao * 626 BC—Nabopolassar revolts against Assyria, founds the Neo-Babylonian Empire. * 625 BC—Medes and Babylonians assert their independence from Assyria and attack Nineveh (approximate date). * c. 625 BC— Orientalizing period of vases ends in Ancient Greece. * c. 623 BC—Sin-shar-ishkun succeeds his brother Assur-etel-ilani as king of Assyria. * 622 or 621 BC - Draco makes the first law code for Ancient Greece. Significant people * 628 BC—Death of Duke Wen of Jin, China. * c. 628 BC—Commonly accepted date for the Birth of Zoroaster. * c. 626 BC—Jeremiah. * 625 BC—Death of Yuan Taotu, China. * c. 624 BC—Birth of Thales. * c. 623 BC—Birth of Buddha. * c. 622 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thales
Thales of Miletus ( ; ; ) was an Ancient Greek philosophy, Ancient Greek Pre-Socratic philosophy, pre-Socratic Philosophy, philosopher from Miletus in Ionia, Asia Minor. Thales was one of the Seven Sages of Greece, Seven Sages, founding figures of Ancient Greece. Beginning in eighteenth-century historiography, many came to regard him as the first philosopher in the Greek philosophy, Greek tradition, breaking from the prior use of mythology to explain the world and instead using natural philosophy. He is thus otherwise referred to as the first to have engaged in mathematics, History of science#Pre-socratics, science, and deductive reasoning. Thales's view that all of nature is based on the existence of a Arche, single ultimate substance, which he Theory, theorized to be Water (classical element), water, was widely influential among the philosophers of his time. Thales thought the Earth floated on water. In mathematics, Thales is the namesake of Thales's theorem, and the interc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
624 BC
The year 624 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 130 ''Ab urbe condita'' . The denomination 624 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Births * Thales, Greek scientist and philosopher (approximate date) (d. c. 546 BC The year 546 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 208 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 546 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar er ...) References Years of the 7th century BC {{BC-year-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuan Taotu
Yuan Taotu (; died c. 625 BC, posthumous title ) was a nobleman and diplomat of the Spring and Autumn state of Chen. He is regarded as the ancestor of those surnamed Yuan (). Yuan Taotu was a distant relative of the Chen royal family, with a fief at Yangxia (Taikang, Henan province). He is mentioned in passing in the ''Spring and Autumn Annals'', ''Zuo Zhuan'' and '' Historical Records''. In 656 BC, he accompanied Duke Huan of Qi on an expedition against the southern state of Cai and was present at the historic covenant of alliance between the various states of the Yellow River The Yellow River, also known as Huanghe, is the second-longest river in China and the List of rivers by length, sixth-longest river system on Earth, with an estimated length of and a Drainage basin, watershed of . Beginning in the Bayan H ... valley at Shaoling. On the return journey to the north, however, he suggested that the army of Qi pass by Chen and take a detour to the eastern regions. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
625 BC
The year 625 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 129 ''Ab urbe condita'' . The denomination 625 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events * Cyaxares becomes king of the Medes (approximate date) * Orientalizing period of vases ends in Ancient Greece (approximate date). * A wine pitcher (oenochoe) from Rhodes is finished, having been begun in 650 BC. Deaths * Yuan Taotu Yuan Taotu (; died c. 625 BC, posthumous title ) was a nobleman and diplomat of the Spring and Autumn state of Chen. He is regarded as the ancestor of those surnamed Yuan (). Yuan Taotu was a distant relative of the Chen royal family, with a fi ..., diplomat of the Chinese state of Chen References Years of the 7th century BC {{BC-year-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremiah
Jeremiah ( – ), also called Jeremias, was one of the major prophets of the Hebrew Bible. According to Jewish tradition, Jeremiah authored the Book of Jeremiah, book that bears his name, the Books of Kings, and the Book of Lamentations, with the assistance and under the editorship of Baruch ben Neriah, his scribe and disciple. According to the narrative of the Book of Jeremiah, the prophet emerged as a significant figure in the Kingdom of Judah in the late 7th and early 6th centuries BC. Born into a Kohen, priestly lineage, Jeremiah reluctantly accepted his religious calling, call to prophethood, embarking on a tumultuous ministry more than five decades long. His life was marked by opposition, imprisonment, and personal struggles, according to Jeremiah 32 and Jeremiah 37, 37. Central to Jeremiah's message were Bible prophecy, prophecies of impending divine judgment, forewarning of the nation's idolatry, social injustices, and moral decay. According to the Bible, he prophesied t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
626 BC
The year 626 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 128 ''Ab urbe condita'' . The denomination 626 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events * Jeremiah begins his ministry in the Kingdom of Judah. * 23 November -- Nabopolassar revolts against his Assyrian overlords, establishing the Neo-Babylonian Empire.Date based on the Babylonian computation. E.J. Bickerman, ''Chronology of the Ancient World'' (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1968), p. 157 Births Habakkuk (approximate date) Deaths * King Cheng of Chu, king of the state of Chu Chu or CHU may refer to: Chinese history * Chu (state) (c. 1030 BC–223 BC), a state during the Zhou dynasty * Western Chu (206 BC–202 BC), a state founded and ruled by Xiang Yu * Chu Kingdom (Han dynasty) (201 BC–70 AD), a kingdom of the H ... References Years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoroaster
Zarathushtra Spitama, more commonly known as Zoroaster or Zarathustra, was an Iranian peoples, Iranian religious reformer who challenged the tenets of the contemporary Ancient Iranian religion, becoming the spiritual founder of Zoroastrianism. Variously described as a Sage (philosophy), sage or a wonderworker; in the oldest Zoroastrian scriptures, the Gatha (Zoroaster), Gathas, which he is believed to have authored, he is described as a preacher and a poet-prophet. He also had an impact on Heraclitus, Plato, Pythagoras, and the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He spoke an Eastern Iranian language, named Avestan by scholars after the Avesta, corpus of Zoroastrian religious texts written in that language. Based on this, it is tentative to place his homeland somewhere in the eastern regions of Greater Iran (perhaps in modern-day Afghanistan or Tajikistan), but his exact birthplace is uncertain. His life is traditionally dated to sometime around th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
