Historical and Political Snippets in Time
The following entries mark events of historical or political significance
over the period 700 B.C. through 601 B.C.
- -700 to -601
- Under harsh reign of Sennacherib, Nineveh is regarded as symbol
of tyranny and bloody supression
- Manasseh, king of Judah (-690 to -638)
- Assyrians destroy Babylon and divert Euphrates to cover site
of city
- Second Messenian war
- Annual election of Areopagites (members of judicial court)
in Athens
- Judah submits to Assyria; fabled King of Candaules of Lydia
deposed, succeeded by Gyges (-682 to -652)
- Assyrians destroy Memphis and Thebes
- Scythian raiders in Syria and Palestine
- Solon, Athenian law giver and statesman (-640 to -560)
- Josiah, king of Judah (-638 to -608)
- Chaldean general, Nabopolassar, seizes Babylonian throne,
declares independence from Assyria
- Medes, Babylonians, and Scythians destroy Nineveh; and
of Assyrian Empire, which is divided among its conquerers
- Nebuchadnezzar II makes Judah tributary; beginning of
Babylonian Captivity (The Lamentations of Jeremiah)
- Nebuchadnezzar II defeats Egyptian army under Necho II
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