670s BC

Decade

This article concerns the period 679 BC – 670 BC.

Millennium
1st millennium BC
Centuries
8th century BC 7th century BC 6th century BC
Decades
690s BC 680s BC 670s BC 660s BC 650s BC
Years
679 BC 678 BC 677 BC 676 BC 675 BC 674 BC 673 BC 672 BC 671 BC 670 BC
Categories
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Events and trends

677 BC—Esarhaddon leads the Assyrian army against rebellious Arab tribes, advances as far as the Brook of Egypt.
676 BC—Zhou Hui Wang becomes emperor of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
674 BC—Esarhaddon puts down a revolt in Ascalon supported by Taharqa, king of Kush and Egypt. In response, the Assyrians invade Egypt, but Taharqa is able to hold them off.^[1]
673 BC—Tullus Hostilius becomes the third King of Rome.^[2]
671 BC—Esarhaddon again invades Egypt, this time successfully, capturing Memphis as well as a number of the royal family.

Esarhaddon, King of Assyria and conqueror of Egypt (reigned 681–669 BC)
Argaeus I, who acceded to the kingship of Macedon with his father's death; he reigned from c. 678 BC to c. 640 BC
Zhou Hui Wang, ruler of China during the Zhou Dynasty

^ Elayi, Josette (15 February 2023). Esarhaddon, King of Assyria. Lockwood Press. p. 89. ISBN 978-1-957454-95-5.
^ Duruy, Victor (1884). History of Rome and of the Roman People from Its Origin to the Establishment of the Christian Empire. D.Estes and C.E. Lauiat. p. 150.
^ Belliotti, Raymond Angelo (31 August 2015). Machiavelli's Secret: The Soul of the Statesman. SUNY Press. p. 180. ISBN 978-1-4384-5721-5.