Centuries: 8th century BC - 7th century BC - 6th century BC

Decades: 660s BC 650s BC 640s BC 630s BC 620s BC - 610s BC - 600s BC 590s BC 580s BC 570s BC 560s BC

Events and trends

• 619 BC - Alyattes becomes king of Lydia.
• 619 BC - Death of Zhou xiang wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
• 618 BC - Zhou qing wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
• 616 BC - Lucius Tarquinius Priscus becomes the fifth king of Rome.
• 614 BC - Sack of Asshur by the Medes and Babylonians.
• 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. King Sin-shar-ishkun of Assyria is killed in the sack.
• 612 BC - Ashur-uballit II attempts to keep the Assyrian empire alive by establishing himself as king at Harran.
• 612 BC - Estimation: Babylon, capital of Babylonia becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Nineveh, capital of Assyria.^*
• 612 BC - Fall of the Assyrian Empire and Rise of the Neo-Babylonian Empire.
• 610 BC - Necho II succeeds Psammetichus I as king of Egypt.

Significant people

• 610 BC - Death of Psammetichus I, king of Egypt.

610s BC

610'erne f.Kr. | Años 610 adC | K. a. 610ko hamarkada | Années -610 | Anni 610 a.C. | 610 f.Kr. | 610-е до н. э. | 610 pred Kr. | 610-luku eaa | MA 610. yıllar | 前610年代