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Decade
This article concerns the period
609 BC – 600 BC
.
Millennium
1st millennium
BC
Centuries
8th century
BC
7th century
BC
6th century
BC
Decades
620s
BC
610s
BC
600s
BC
590s
BC
580s
BC
Years
609
BC
608
BC
607
BC
606
BC
605
BC
604
BC
603
BC
602
BC
601
BC
600
BC
Categories
Births
Deaths
v
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Map of the Eastern Hemisphere in 600 BC.
Events and trends
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609 BC
—The
Babylonians
defeat the
Assyrian army
of
Ashur-uballit II
and capture
Harran
. Ashur-uballit, the last
Assyrian king
, disappears from history.
609 BC—
Battle of Megiddo
: King
Josiah
of
Judah
dies in battle against Pharaoh
Necho II
of
Egypt
, who is on his way north to aid the Assyrian state of
Ashur-uballit II
.
Jehoahaz
succeeds his father Josiah as
King of Judah
, but is quickly deposed by Necho, who installs Jehoahaz's brother
Jehoiakim
in his place.
607 BC
(15–26 March)—
Halley's Comet
is visible from Earth.
[1]
606 BC
—
Ji Yu
succeeds
Zhou Kuang Wang
as king of the
Zhou Dynasty
in China.
605 BC
—
Battle of Carchemish
: Crown Prince
Nebuchadnezzar II
of Babylon defeats the army of
Necho II
of Egypt, securing the Babylonian conquest of
Assyria
. The Babylonians pursue through
Syria
and
Palestine
.
605 BC—
Battle of Hamath
: Nebuchadnezzar II defeats the remainder of the Egyptian army following the Battle of Carchemish.
605 BC—Nebuchadnezzar II succeeds his father
Nabopolassar
as King of Babylon.
601 BC
—Foundation of
Perinthus
by
settlers
from
Samos
(traditional date).
[2]
601 BC—The
Jewish–Babylonian war
begins between the
Kingdom of Judah
and
Babylonia
.
[3]
600 BC
—
Marseille
is founded by Greeks of
Phocaea
, who are victorious over the
Carthaginians
in a naval battle, beginning the
Greco–Punic Wars
.
600 BC—The
Satrapy of Armenia
is created.
600 BC—
Capua
is founded.
600 BC—
Smyrna
is sacked and destroyed by
Alyattes of Lydia
.
[4]
600 BC—
Nebuchadnezzar II
builds the
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
.
c. 600 BC—
Milan
is founded by
Celts
.
c. 600 BC—
Pompeii
is founded.
c. 600 BC—The
Etruscans
capture the settlement of
Rome
, making it into a prosperous trading centre.
c. 600 BC—
Zarathustra
's religion becomes popular in
Persia
.
c. 600 BC—Radiocarbon dating for first circular inhabitation enclosure at
Emain Macha
.
c. 600 BC—
580 BC
—Construction begins on the
Temple of Artemis
,
Korkyra
(
Corfu
).
[5]
c. 600 BC—Construction begins on the largest mound at
Cahokia
. Construction continues until
AD 200
.
c. 600 BC—The
Archaic
period of
sculpture
begins in
Ancient Greece
.
c. 600 BC—
Pitcher (container)
(
olpe
), from
Corinth
, is made.
[6]
c. 600 BC—
Kouros
sculptures begin to be made.
c. 600 BC—The
Doric
and
Ionic orders
are well developed.
c. 600 BC—
500 BC
—A calendrical system appears in areas with strong
Olmec
influence in
Mesoamerica
.
Significant people
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608 BC—Birth of
Peisistratus
, ruler of
Athens
[7]
607 BC—Death of
King Kuang
of the
Zhou Dynasty
of
China
605 BC—Death of
Nabopolassar
, first ruler of the
Neo-Babylonian Empire
c. 600 BC—Birth of King
Cambyses I of Anshan
, head of the
Achaemenid dynasty
References
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edit
]
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