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621 Bc

EVENTS AND TRENDS

c. 627 BC — Death of Assurbanipal , king of Assyria ; he is succeeded by Assur-etel-ilani .

626 BC — Nabopolassar revolts against Assyria , founds the Neo-Babylonian Empire .

625 BC — Medes and Babylonians assert their independence from Assyria and attack Nineveh (approximate date).

623 BC — Sin-shar-ishkun succeeds his brother Assur-etel-ilani as king of Assyria (approximate date).

622 BC or 621 BC — Text of Deuteronomy found in the Temple In Jerusalem .

624 BC — The Year 666 in the Mayan Calendar.

SIGNIFICANT PEOPLE

Aesop

c. 626 BC — Jeremiah

c. 624 BC - Birth of Thales