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• Fall of the AssyriaThis article concerns the ancient Mesopotamian kingdom. For the modern-day peoples in northern Iraq and neighboring areas, see Assyrian. Assyria a country named after its original capital city, Asshur on the Tigris, was originally a colony of Babylonia, an Empire and Rise of BabylonBabylon was the capital city of Babylonia in Mesopotamia (in contemporary Iraq, about 70 miles south of Baghdad). The name is the Greek form of Babel which is derived in turn from the Semitic form Babilu meaning "The Gate of God". This Semitic word is a t
• 609 BC - King JosiahJosiah or Yoshiyahu "supported of the LORD", Standard Hebrew Yošiyyahu Tiberian Hebrew Yošiyyh was king of Judah, and son of Amon and Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath. Albright has dated his reign to 640 609 BC, while Thiele offers t of JudahThe Kingdom of Judah Malchut Yehudah in Hebrew), in the times of the Hebrew Bible, was the nation formed from the territories of the tribes of Judah, Simeon and Benjamin after the Kingdom of Israel was divided, and was named after Judah son of Jacob ( Isr dies in the Battle of MegiddoIn the Battle of Megiddo of 609 BC, the forces of Egypt fought those of the Kingdom of Judah. Egypt under Necho II was allied with the Assyrians against the Babylonians. Rushing to help the Assyrians, the Egyptians were blocked on Megiddo's Via Maris by t against Pharaoh Necho IINekau II (also known as Necho II was a king of the Twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt ( 610 595 BC), and the son of Psammetichus I. He played a significant role in the histories of Assyrian Empire, Babylonia and Kingdom of Judah. The Egyptologist Donald Redfor of EgyptJumhuriyat Misr al-Arabiyah ( In Detail) Official language Arabic Capital Cairo Largest City Cairo President Hosni Mubarak Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif Area Total % water Ranked 29th 1,001,450 km² 0. 6% Population Total (2003) Density Ranked 15th 74,718,797
• 607 BC - Death of Zhou kuang wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China
• 606 BC - Zhou ding wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China
• 606 BC - Battle of Carchemish
• 604 BC - Nebuchadnezzar II succeeds his father Nabopolassar as ruler of the Chaldeans of Babylon
• 600 BC - Foundation of Capua
• 600 BC - Foundation of Milan by Celts (approximate date)
• 600 BC - Foundation of Marseille by Phoceans (traditionial date)
• 600 BC - Smyrna sacked and destroyed
• 600 BC - Nebuchadnezzar builds the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
• 600 BC - Lehi and his family set out for the Americas as recorded in The Book of Mormon (approximate date)

Significant People

• 600 BC - Birth of King Cambyses I of Anshan, head of the Achaemenid dynasty (approximate date)