700–601 BC46 events9 regions
7th century BC
In the 7th century BC: 46 events across 9 regions, including First coins: Lydian and Ionian electrum, Fall of Nineveh, The Homeric epics take shape.
Events
Western and Central Europe
- Rhodians and Cretans found Gelabetween 689 and 688 BC
- Regolini-Galassi tomb at Caerebetween 680 and 650 BC
- Colaeus of Samos reaches Tartessosc. 640 BC
- Magdalenenberg princely barrow616 BC
Eastern Europe
- Chernoles culturebetween 1025 and 900 BC – c. 700 BC
- Early Scythian royal barrows at Kelermesbetween 700 and 580 BC
- Milesian settlement on Berezan (Borysthenes)between 650 and 601 BC
Balkans and Anatolia
- Hesiod's Theogony and Works and Daysbetween 750 and 650 BC
- The Homeric epics take shapebetween 750 and 650 BC
- Reign of Gyges in Lydiabetween 687 and 680 BC – between 652 and 644 BC
- Megarian colonists found Byzantiumbetween 667 and 656 BC
- Archilochus of Paros and the eclipse poembetween 27 June 660 BC and 6 April 648 BC
- Tyranny of Cypselus at Corinthc. 657 BC – c. 627 BC
- First coins: Lydian and Ionian electrumbetween 650 and 600 BC
- Draco's written laws at Athensbetween 621 and 620 BC
Middle East and Egypt
- Sennacherib's aqueduct at Jerwanbetween 703 and 690 BC
- Sennacherib destroys Babylon689 BC
- Assyrian conquest of Egypt673–663 BC
- Assyrian sack of Thebes663 BC
- Rusa II builds Teishebainibetween 680 and 639 BC
- Psamtik I reunites Egypt: the adoption of Nitocris656 BC
- Library of Ashurbanipal at Ninevehbetween 669 and 631 BC
- Revolt of Shamash-shum-ukin against Ashurbanipal652–648 BC
- Reign of Ashurbanipal669 BC – between 631 and 627 BC
- Ashurbanipal sacks Susabetween 647 and 646 BC
- Religious reform of Josiah622 BC (?)
- Medo-Babylonian war against Assyria626–609 BC
- Greek trading port at Naukratisbetween 630 and 601 BC
- Fall of Ninevehbetween May and August 612 BC
Africa
- Reign of Taharqa over Kush and Egypt690–664 BC
- Taharqa's pyramid opens the royal cemetery of Nuribetween 690 and 664 BC
- Great Temple of Yehabetween 700 and 601 BC
- Therans found Cyrene631 BC (?)
- Necho II's Phoenicians sail around Africa (Herodotus)between 610 and 595 BC
- The Urewe tradition: pottery and early iron-working in the Great Lakes regionbetween 800 and 500 BC – between 600 and 800
Central and Northern Asia
- Deer stones and khirigsuurs of Mongoliac. 1200 BC – c. 700 BC
- Arzhan-2 royal barrow in Tuvabetween 700 and 601 BC
South Asia
- The Brahmanas and the eastward shift of Vedic culturec. 900 BC – c. 700 BC
- Shulba Sutras: geometry of the Vedic fire altarsbetween 800 and 500 BC
East Asia
Latin America
- Chalcatzingo at its height700–500 BC
Still going on
Processes that began earlier and continued through this period
- Tichitt tradition of the Mauritanian escarpmentsc. 2000 BC – c. 400 BC · Africa
- Lapita cultural complexc. 1600 BC – c. 500 BC · Southeast Asia and Oceania
- Gajiganna culture of the Lake Chad plainsc. 1800 BC – between 500 and 1 BC · Africa
- Jinsha, centre of ancient Shuc. 1200 BC – between 800 and 650 BC · East Asia
- Painted Grey Ware culturec. 1200 BC – between 600 and 500 BC · South Asia
- Chorrera culture of Ecuadorc. 1300 BC – c. 300 BC · Latin America
- Upper Xiajiadian culturec. 1000 BC – c. 600 BC · East Asia
- Koban culture of the Caucasusc. 1200 BC – c. 350 BC · Eastern Europe
- Nok culturec. 1500 BC – c. 1 BC · Africa
- Meadowood interaction spherec. 1050 BC – c. 450 BC · North America
- From Pre-Dorset to Dorset in the eastern Arcticbetween 1000 and 850 BC – between 750 and 400 BC · North America
- Temple centre of Chavín de Huántarbetween 1200 and 900 BC – between 500 and 250 BC · Latin America
- Middle Mumun (Songguk-ri) period in Koreac. 850 BC – c. 550 BC · East Asia
- La Venta becomes the leading Olmec centrec. 900 BC – c. 400 BC · Latin America
- Hallstatt culture: the Early Iron Age of Central Europec. 800 BC – c. 450 BC · Western and Central Europe
- Aldy-Bel culture of Tuvabetween 800 and 700 BC – c. 500 BC · Central and Northern Asia
- Tasmola culture of central Kazakhstanc. 800 BC – c. 400 BC · Central and Northern Asia
- Polynesian Plainware phase in Tongac. 750 BC – c. 400 BC · Southeast Asia and Oceania
- Talaiotic culture of the Balearic Islandsbetween 1000 and 850 BC – 123 BC · Western and Central Europe
- Ananyino culture of the Volga and Kamabetween 750 and 700 BC – c. 300 BC · Eastern Europe
- Castro culture of north-western Iberiac. 900 BC – between 100 and 1 BC · Western and Central Europe
- Paracas culture of southern Perubetween 840 and 800 BC – c. 100 BC · Latin America
- Adena burial and mound-building traditionsc. 1000 BC – c. 100 · North America
- Dong Son culture and bronze-drum networksc. 1000 BC – c. 100 · Southeast Asia and Oceania
- Tagar culture of the Minusinsk Basinc. 800 BC – between 200 and 1 BC · Central and Northern Asia
- Sa Huỳnh culturec. 1000 BC – c. 200 · Southeast Asia and Oceania
- Tchefuncte culture of the Lower Mississippic. 800 BC – c. 1 · North America
- Groswater Palaeo-Eskimo culture of Labrador and Newfoundlandbetween 850 and 800 BC – c. 50 · North America