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600s BC
Centuries
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8th century BC
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7th century BC
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6th century BC
Decades
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650s BC
640s BC
630s BC
620s BC
610s BC
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600s BC
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590s BC
580s BC
570s BC
560s BC
550s BC
Events and Trends
Fall of the
Assyrian
Empire and Rise of
Babylon
609 BC - King
Josiah
of
Judah
dies in the
Battle of Megiddo
against Pharaoh
Necho II
of
Egypt
607 BC - Death of
Zhou kuang wang
, King of the
Zhou Dynasty
of
China
.
606 BC -
Zhou ding wang
becomes King of the
Zhou Dynasty
of
China
606 BC -
Battle of Carchemish
604 BC -
Nebuchadnezzar
became the ruler of the
Chaldeans
of
Babylon
600 BC - Foundation of
Capua
600 BC - Foundation of
Milan
by
Celts
?
600 BC - Foundation of
Marseille
by
Phoceans
600 BC -
Smyrna
sacked and destroyed
600 BC -
Nebuchadnezzar
builds the
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Significant People
600 BC - Birth of King
Cambyses I of Anshan
, head of the
Achaemenid dynasty
(approximate date).