610s BC

Events and trends

619 BC — Alyattes becomes king of Lydia.
619 BC — Death of Zhou xiang wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
618 BC — Zhou qing wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
616 BC — Lucius Tarquinius Priscus becomes the fifth King of Rome.
615 BC — Neo-Babylonian kingdom begin attacking Assyrian cities.
614 BC — Sack of Assur by the Medes and Babylonians.
613 BC — Death of Zhou qing wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
613 BC — King Zhuang of Chu ascends to the throne of Chu in China
612 BC — Zhou kuang wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
612 BC — An alliance of Medes, Scythians, Neo-Babylonians and Susianians besiege and conquer Nineveh at the Battle of Nineveh. King Sin-shar-ishkun of Assyria is killed in the sack.
612 BC — Ashur-uballit II attempts to keep the Assyrian empire alive by establishing himself as king at Harran.
612 BC — Estimation: Babylon, capital of Babylonia becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Nineveh, capital of Assyria.
612 BC — Fall of the Assyrian Empire and Rise of the Neo-Babylonian Empire.
610 BC — Necho II succeeds Psammetichus I as king of Egypt.
610 BC — Foundation of Naucratis