7th century BC
(8th century BC - 7th century BC - 6th century BC - other centuries) (700s BC - 690s BC - 680s BC - 670s BC - 660s BC - 650s BC - 640s BC - 630s BC - 620s BC - 610s BC - 600s BC - other decades) (2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium AD)
---- Events Scythians arrived in Asia Collapse of Susa, end of Elamite Empire Assyrians conquer Egypt (674 BC - 670 BC) Collapse of Nineveh, end of Assyria (612 BC) Zoroastrianism founded
Significant personsHezekiah of the Kingdom of Judah (reigned 715 - 687 BC).Sennacherib, King of Assyria and conqueror of Babylon (705 - 681 BC).Gyges of Lydia (reigned 687 - 652 BC).Manasseh of Judah (reigned 687 - 643 BC).Esarhaddon, King of Assyria and conqueror of Egypt (reigned 681 - 669 BC).Archilochus of Thasos, poet (c. 680 - 645 BC).Josiah of the Kingdom of Judah (reigned 641-609 BC).Stesichorus of Sicily, lyric poet (c. 640-555 BC). Solon of Athens, one of the Seven Sages of Greece (638 - 558 BC).Thales of Miletus, Greek mathematician. (635 - 543 BC).Sappho of Lesbos, Ancient Greek poet.Zarathushtra (Zoroaster), founding figure of Zoroastrianism.
Inventions, discoveries, introductions First coins used by Lydians Iron allegedly discovered in China
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