A world chronology · 699–600 BCE

The 7th century BCE

6 sourced events, 5 nations, in the order they happened.

Every record below is drawn from the chronicle of the nation it belongs to, with the same citations. Read down for the whole period, or jump to a stretch of it; within each year the world is grouped by continent.

Africa
4 events · 3 nations
Asia
2 events · 2 nations

2 events · 2 nations

700–691 BCE

700 BCE2 records

Africa

  1. ETH

    Ethiopia · Religion · c. 8th–7th century BCE

    Great Temple of Yeha built

    A monumental temple dedicated to the moon-god Almaqah is raised at Yeha, reflecting close contact with Sabaean culture across the Red Sea.

    Cradle of Humankind and the Kingdom of D'mt

    Sources: Kingdom of Aksum (World History Encyclopedia)

Asia

  1. YEM

    Yemen · Economy & Trade · early 1st millennium BCE

    Construction of the Great Dam of Marib

    The Sabaeans built the Great Dam of Marib to harness the seasonal floods of the Wadi Adhanah, irrigating a vast oasis and underpinning the kingdom's wealth for over a thousand years.

    Ancient South Arabia: The Incense Kingdoms

    Sources: Marib: Yemen, Dam, and History (Encyclopaedia Britannica) · Saba (ancient kingdom, Arabia) (Encyclopaedia Britannica)

1 event · 1 nation

680–671 BCE

671 BCE1 record

Africa

  1. SDN

    Sudan · War & Rupture

    Assyrians expel the Kushites from Egypt

    Esarhaddon and then Ashurbanipal invade Egypt, driving the Kushite pharaohs back to Nubia by the 660s BCE.

    Nubia, Kerma and the Kingdom of Kush

    Sources: Kingdom of Kush (Wikipedia)

1 event · 1 nation

650–641 BCE

650 BCE1 record

Africa

  1. LBY

    Libya · Formation · later 7th century BCE

    Phoenicians found Leptis Magna

    Phoenician colonists establish Leptis Magna, which with Oea (Tripoli) and Sabratha forms the 'three cities' that give Tripolitania its name.

    Phoenician Tripolitania, Greek Cyrene and Roman Rule

    Sources: Leptis Magna (Wikipedia) · Libya (Encyclopaedia Britannica)

1 event · 1 nation

640–631 BCE

631 BCE1 record

Africa

  1. LBY

    Libya · Formation

    Greeks found Cyrene

    Settlers from Thera, led by Battus, found Cyrene in eastern Libya; it becomes the chief city of the Cyrenaican Pentapolis and a renowned centre of Greek culture.

    Phoenician Tripolitania, Greek Cyrene and Roman Rule

    Sources: Cyrene, Libya (Wikipedia) · Cyrenaica (Encyclopaedia Britannica)

1 event · 1 nation

620–611 BCE

612 BCE1 record

Asia

  1. IRQ

    Iraq · War & Rupture

    Fall of Nineveh and the Assyrian Empire

    A coalition of Babylonians and Medes besieges and destroys Nineveh, capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire whose first capital, Ashur, is now a UNESCO World Heritage site, ending Assyrian power and clearing the way for the Neo-Babylonian Empire.

    Sumer, Akkad and Babylon — the First Cities

    Sources: Nineveh — ancient city, Iraq (Encyclopædia Britannica) · Who was Ashurbanipal? (The British Museum) · Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat) — UNESCO World Heritage List (UNESCO World Heritage Centre)