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645 Bc

CATEGORIES ABOUT 640S BC

SHOPPER'S DELIGHT

680s BC 670s BC 660s BC 650s BC - 640s BC - 630s BC 620s BC 610s BC 600s BC 590s BC

EVENTS AND TRENDS

Assyrian king Ashurbanipal founds library, which includes our earliest complete copy of the '' Epic Of Gilgamesh ''.

649 BC - Indabigash succeeds Tammaritu as a king of the Elamite Empire .

649 BC - Babylonia n revolt under Shamash-shuma-ukin is crushed by the Assyria ns.

648 BC - Pankration becomes an event at the Ancient Olympic Games .

April 6 , 648 BC - Earliest Greek -chronicled Solar Eclipse .

647 BC - King Assurbanipal of Assyria sacks Susa .

642 BC - Ancus Marcius becomes king of Rome (traditional date).

640 BC - Great victory of Assyria over Elamite Empire.

SIGNIFICANT PEOPLE

645 BC - Death of Guan Zhong , Prime Minister of the Chinese state of Qi .

645 BC - Death of Archilochos , Greek Poet (approximate date).

643 BC - Death of Manasseh Of Judah .

641 BC - Josiah becomes king of Judah .

640 BC - Birth of Stesichorus , Greek poet (approximate date).