680s_BC
680s BC
Decade
This article concerns the period 689 BC – 680 BC.
- 689 BC—King Sennacherib of Assyria sacks Babylon.[1]
- 688 BC—Icarius of Hyperesia wins the stadion race at the 23rd Olympic Games.[2]
- 685 BC—Chalcedon became a Greek colony.[3]
- 684 BC—Spring and Autumn period: Duke Zhuang, ruler of the Chinese state of Lu, defeats Duke Huan of Qi in the Battle of Changshao.
- 684 BC—Cleoptolemus of Laconia wins the stadion race at the 24th Olympic Games.[2]
- 680 BC—Esarhaddon succeeds Sennacherib as king of Assyria.[4]
- 680 BC—Thalpis of Laconia wins the stadion race at the 25th Olympic Games.[2]
- 682 BC—Death of Zhou zhuang wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.[5]
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- Eusebius of Caesarea, Chronicle .
- Minns, Ellis Hovell (2011). Scythians and Greeks: A Survey of Ancient History and Archaeology on the North Coast of the Euxine from the Danube to the Caucasus. Cambridge University Press. p. 439. ISBN 9781108024877.
- "Esarhaddon - king of Assyria". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- Li, Xiaobing (2012). China at War: An Encyclopedia: An Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 548. ISBN 9781598844160.