680s BC

This article concerns the period 689 BC – 680 BC.

Events and trends

• 689 BC—King Sennacherib of Assyria sacks Babylon.^[1]
• 688 BC—Icarius of Hyperesia wins the stadion race at the 23rd Olympic Games.^[2]
• 685 BC—Chalcedon became a Greek colony.^[3]
• 684 BC—Spring and Autumn period: Duke Zhuang, ruler of the Chinese state of Lu, defeats Duke Huan of Qi in the Battle of Changshao.
• 684 BC—Cleoptolemus of Laconia wins the stadion race at the 24th Olympic Games.^[2]
• 684 BC—Taharqa gives orders to build a temple to Amun-Re at Kawa^[4]
• 680 BC—Esarhaddon succeeds Sennacherib as king of Assyria.^[5]
• 680 BC—Thalpis of Laconia wins the stadion race at the 25th Olympic Games.^[2]

Deaths

• 682 BC—Death of Zhou zhuang wang, King of the Zhou dynasty of China.^[6]

References

1. Haubold, Johannes (2013). Greece and Mesopotamia: Dialogues in Literature. Cambridge University Press. p. 171. ISBN 9781107010765.
2. Eusebius of Caesarea, Chronicle [1].
3. Minns, Ellis Hovell (2011). Scythians and Greeks: A Survey of Ancient History and Archaeology on the North Coast of the Euxine from the Danube to the Caucasus. Cambridge University Press. p. 439. ISBN 9781108024877.
4. Macadam, M. F. Laming (1955). The Temples of Kawa II. History and Archaeology of the Site. Oxford University Press. p. 61.
5. "Esarhaddon - king of Assyria". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
6. Li, Xiaobing (2012). China at War: An Encyclopedia: An Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 548. ISBN 9781598844160.