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1 Events and Trends

• 627 BC - Death of Assurbanipal, king of 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, a; he is succeeded by Assur-etel-ilani (approximate date)
• 625 BC - MedesThe Medes were an Iranian people of Aryan origin who lived in the western and north-western portion of present-day Iran. During the 8th century BC they were dominated by the nomadic group of the Scythians. By the 6th century BC (prior to the Persian invas and Babylonians assert their independence from 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, a and attack NinevehThis article is about the ancient Middle Eastern city of Nineveh. The name is also applied to a place in Indiana, USA: see Nineveh, Indiana. Nineveh (Assyrian city of "Ninua") was an important city in ancient Assyria, lying within the area of the modern c (approximate date)
• 625 BC - NabopolassarNabopolassar was the first king of the Chaldean Empire, better known as Babylon (625 BC-605 BC). He rose into revolt against the Assyrian Empire (Which had ruled Babylon for the last 200 years) in 625 BC after the last really powerful Assyrian king, Assur revolts against Assyria, founds the Neo-Babylonian Empire.
• 623 BC - Sin-shar-ishkun succeeds his brother Assur-etel-ilani as king of Assyria (approximate date)

2 Significant People

• 625 BC - Birth of ThalesFor the French electronics and defence contractor, see Thales Group Thales (in Greek: η) of Miletus (circa 635 BC 543 BC), also known as Thales the Milesian was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher and one of the Seven Sages of Greece. Many regard him as of Miletus, philosopherA philosopher is a person devoted to studying and producing results in philosophy. The word, "philosopher," literally means "lover of wisdom. Popular Western philosophers in (approximate) historical order Not listed above: (some of) The Presocratics Epicu (approximate date)