Events and trends

• 609 BC ? The Babylonians defeat the Assyrian army of Ashur-uballit II and capture Harran. Ashur-uballit, the last Assyrian king, disappears from history.
• 607 BC ? Death of Zhou Kuang Wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
• 607 BC ? Jehovah's Witnesses believe that the fall of Jerusalem occurred in this year.
• 606 BC ? Zhou Ding Wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty.
• 605 BC ? Battle of Carchemish: Crown Prince Nebuchadrezzar 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 ? Nebuchadrezzar II succeeds his father Nabopolassar as King of Babylon.
• 601 BC ? Foundation of Perinthus by settlers from Samos.
• 600 BC ? Radiocarbon dating for first circular inhabitation enclosure at Emain Macha.
• 600 BC ? Creation of Armenia.
• 600 BC ? Foundation of Capua.
• 600 BC ? Foundation of Milan by Celts (approximate date).
• 600 BC ? Foundation of Marseille by settlers from Phocaea (traditional date).
• 600 BC ? Smyrna sacked and destroyed.
• 600 BC ? Nebuchadrezzar builds the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
• 600 BC ? Lehi flees Jerusalem.
• c. 600 BC ? Orientalizing period of vases ends in Ancient Greece.
• c. 600 BC ? Archaic period of sculpture starts in Ancient Greece.
• c. 600 BC ? Pitcher (container) (olpe), from Corinth, is made. It is now at The British Museum, London.
• c. 600 BC ? Kouros is made. It is now at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
• c. 600 BC?580 BC ? Temple of Artemis, Korkyra (Corfu) is built.
• c. 600 BC ? Pompeii is founded.
• c. 600 BC ? Zarathustra's religion becomes popular in Persia.
• c. 600 BC ? Beginning of the construction of the largest Mound at Cahokia, near East St. Louis, Illinois. Construction continues until AD 200.
• c. 600 BC ? The Etruscans capture the settlement of Rome, making it into a prosperous trading centre.

Significant people

• 605 BC ? Death of Nabopolassar, first ruler of the Neo-Babylonian Empire.
• 600 BC ? Birth of King Cambyses I of Anshan, head of the Achaemenid dynasty (approximate date)
• c. 600 BC ? Thales, Greek philosopher

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