690s BC

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  • 699 BC—Khallushu succeeds Shuttir-Nakhkhunte as king of the Elamite Empire.
  • 697 BC—Birth of Duke Wen of Jin in China.
  • 697 BC—Death of Zhou huan wang, the Emperor of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
  • 697 BC—Hezekiah succeeded by Manasseh as king of Judah.
  • 696 BC—Zhou zhuang wang becomes the Emperor of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
  • 696 BC—The Cimmerians ravage Phrygia, possible migration of the Armenians.
  • 692 BC—Karib'il Watar of Saba' is recorded as having given "gifts" (tribute) to King Sennacherib of Assyria.
  • 691 BC—King Sennacherib of Assyria defeats king Humban-nimena of Elam in the Battle of Halule.
  • 690 BC—Taharqa, a king of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty, ascends the throne of Egypt (approximate date)
  • c. 690 BC-664 BC—Sphinx of Taharqa, from Temple T, Kawa, Nubia, is made. Twenty-fifth dynasty of Egypt. It is now kept at The British Museum, London.
  • c. 690 BC—Death of Manava, author of the Indian geometric text of Sulba Sutras.
  • 690s BC—W'rn Hywt of D'mt in Ethiopia appears in the inscriptional record and mentions the king of Saba', Karib'il Watar.
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