660s BC
Centuries:
8th century BC -
7th century BC -
6th century BCDecades:
710s BC 700s BC 690s BC 680s BC 670s BC -
660s BC -
650s BC 640s BC 630s BC 620s BC 610s BC*
669 BC -
Assurbanipal succeeds his father
Esarhaddon as king of
Assyria.
*
668 BC -
Shamash-shum-ukin, son of
Esarhaddon, becomes King of
Babylon.
*
668 BC -
Egypt revolts against
Assyria.
*
668 BC - Estimation:
Nineveh, capital of
Assyria becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from
Thebes in
Egypt.[
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*
667 BC -
Byzantium founded by
Megaran colonists under
Byzas. (traditional date)
*
667 BC - Assyrians conquer the Egyptian Empire
*
664 BC - First
naval battle in
Greek recorded history, between
Corinth and
Corcyra.
*
664 BC -
Assurbanipal captures and sacks
Thebes, Egypt.
*
664 BC -
Psammetichus I succeeds
Necho I as king of
Lower Egypt.
*
664 BC -
Taharqa appoints his nephew
Tantamani as his successor of
Upper Egypt.
*
February 11,
660 BC - Traditional founding date of
Japan by
Emperor Jimmu.
*
660 BC- Traditional founding of
Japan by
Emperor Jimmu*
660 BC - First known use of the
demotic script.
*
660 BC -
Psammetichus I drives the
Assyrians out of
Egypt.
*
668 BC - Death of
Esarhaddon, king of
Assyria; the beginning of
Ashurbanipal's reign.
*
664 BC - Death of
Necho I, king of
Egypt.
*
663 BC - Death of
Taharqa, king of
Egypt.
