640S 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 - Babylonian revolt under Shamash-shuma-ukin is crushed by the Assyrians
• 648 BC - Pankration becomes an Olympic event
• 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 Archilochos, Greek poet (approximate date)
• 643 BC - Death of Manasseh, king of Judah
• 641 BC - Josiah becomes king of Judah
• 640 BC - Birth of Stesichorus, Greek poet (approximate date)

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