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• 637 BC - 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 becomes king 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.
• 632 BC - CylonFor the fictional robots, see Cylons (Battlestar Galactica). Cylon (also spelled Kylon was an Athenian associated with the first reliably dated event in Athenian history, the Cylonian affair . Cylon, one of the Athenian nobles and a previous victor of the, AthenianAcropolis in central Athens is home to ancient monuments of Athens — a mainstay of its thriving tourism industry Athens ( Greek: Athina is the capital of Greece, and also the capital of the Attica region of Greece. A cosmopolitan modern city, Athens is al noble, seizes the AcropolisThe Acropolis of Athens can be considered as the most representative of the Greek acropolises. It is a flat-topped rock which rises 512 feet above sea level in the city of Athens, Greece. It was also known as Cecropia in honor of the legendary serpent-man in a failed attempt to become king.
• 632 BC - In the Battle of ChengpuThe Battle of Chengpu was a conflict between the states of Jin against Chu and its allies in China in 632 BC during the Spring and Autumn Period. It could be viewed as the first great battle in the protracted conflict between the states of the Yellow Rive, the ChineseThis 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 kingdom of Jinsmall seal script, 220 BC) Jin was one of the most powerful states in the Spring and Autumn Period in China. At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, Jin was split into three states Han, Zhao and Wei. The split of Jin sometimes refers to as the beginni and its allies defeated the kingdom of Chu and her allies.
• 631 BC - Founding of Cyrene, a Greek colony in Libya (North Africa) (approximate date).
• 631 BC - Sadyates becomes king of Lydia.

Significant People

• 638 BC - Birth of Solon, lawmaker of Athens. (approximate date)
• 635 BC - Birth of Thales, Greek philosopher (+ 543 BC). (approximate date)