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Events
669 BC
:
Taharqa
, king of
Kush
, invades and reconquers Egypt from the
Assyrian Empire
.
669 BC:
Esarhaddon
, king of Assyria, dies in
Harran
on his way to recover Egypt.
668 BC
:
Ashurbanipal
, son of Esarhaddon, starts to rule Assyria.
668 BC:
Shamash-shum-ukin
, son of
Esarhaddon
, becomes King of
Babylon
.
668 BC:
Nineveh
, capital of
Assyria
becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from
Thebes
in
Egypt
(estimation).
667 BC
: Traditional date of the founding of
Byzantium
by
Megaran
colonists under
Byzas
.
666 BC
:
Ashurbanipal
sends a small Assyrian army corps to Egypt which recovers Lower Egypt from Taharqa's forces.
664 BC
: First
naval battle
in
Greek
recorded history
, between
Corinth
and
Corcyra
.
664 BC:
Tantamani
succeeds his uncle Taharqa as king of Kush. He invades Egypt to try to take it back.
664 BC:
Necho I
, puppet Pharaoh of Egypt, is killed by invading Kushite forces under Tantamani.
664 BC: Assyrian army captures and sacks
Thebes, Egypt
, ending the
Nubian period
in Egypt.
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