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• 619 BC - AlyattesAlyattes II king of Lydia ( 619- 560 BC), the real founder of the Lydian empire, was the son of Sadyattes, of the house of the Mermnadae. For several years he continued the war against Miletus begun by his father, but was obliged to turn his attention to becomes king of LydiaSee 110 Lydia for the asteroid. Lydia was an ancient kingdom of Asia Minor, known to Homer as Maeonia . Its principal city was Sardis. The boundaries of Lydia varied across the centuries. It was first bounded by Mysia Major, Caria, Phrygia and Ionia. Late
• 619 BC - Death of Zhou xiang wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of ChinaThis article is on the geographic and cultural entity. For other meanings, see China (disambiguation). China ( Traditional Chinese: , Simplified Chinese: , Hanyu Pinyin: Zhongguo, Wade-Giles: Chung-kuo) is a country in continental East Asia with some oute.
• 618 BC - Zhou qing wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of ChinaThis article is on the geographic and cultural entity. For other meanings, see China (disambiguation). China ( Traditional Chinese: , Simplified Chinese: , Hanyu Pinyin: Zhongguo, Wade-Giles: Chung-kuo) is a country in continental East Asia with some oute.
• 616 BC - Lucius Tarquinius PriscusLucius Tarquinius Priscus was the legendary fifth King of Rome, said to have reigned from 616 BC to 579 BC. Tarquinius Priscus came from the Etruscan city of Tarquinii and was actually named Lucumo. He was very rich and had settled in Rome with his wife T becomes king of Rome
• 613 BC - Death of Zhou qing wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
• 612 BC - Zhou kuang wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
• 612 BC - An alliance of Medes, Babylonians and Susianians besiege and conquer Nineveh.
• 612 BC - Ashur-uballit II attempts to keep the Assyrian empire alive by establishing himself as king at Harran.
• 610 BC - Necho II succeeds Psammetichus I as king of Egypt