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{{Short description|Decade}}

This article concerns the period '''629 BC – 620 BC'''.
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==Events and trends==
* c. 627 BC—Death of [[Assurbanipal]], king of [[Assyria]]; he is succeeded by [[Assur-etel-ilani]].
* 627 BC—Creation of [[Durrës]], at the time known as [[Epidamnus]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Grote |first=George |editor-first1=M.O.B |editor-first2=J.M |editor-last1=Caspari |editor-last2=Mitchell |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203425848 |title=A History of Greece |date=2013-05-13 |publisher=Routledge |doi=10.4324/9780203425848 |isbn=978-1-134-59378-1}}</ref>
* 627 BC—[[Spring and Autumn period]]: [[Jin (Chinese state)|Jin]] defeats [[Qin (state)|Qin]] in the [[Battle of Xiao]]
* 626 BC—[[Nabopolassar]] revolts against Assyria, founds the [[Neo-Babylonian Empire]].
* 625 BC—[[Medes]] and [[Babylonians]] assert their independence from Assyria and attack [[Nineveh]] (approximate date).
* c. 625 BC—[[Orientalizing]] period of vases ends in [[Ancient Greece]].
* c. 623 BC—[[Sin-shar-ishkun]] succeeds his brother [[Assur-etel-ilani]] as king of Assyria.
* 622 or 621 BC - [[Draco (lawgiver)|Draco]] makes the first law code for [[Ancient Greece]].

==Significant people==
* [[628 BC]]—Death of [[Duke Wen of Jin]], [[China]].
* c. [[628 BC]]—Commonly accepted date for the Birth of [[Zoroaster]].
* c. [[626 BC]]—[[Jeremiah]].
* [[625 BC]]—Death of [[Yuan Taotu]], China.
* c. [[624 BC]]—Birth of [[Thales]].
* c. [[623 BC]]—Birth of [[Buddha]].
* c. [[622 BC]]—Birth of [[Ezekiel]].
* [[621 BC]]—Death of [[Duke Mu of Qin]], China.
* c. 620-564 BC [[Aesop]]

== References ==
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