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This article concerns the period '''679 BC – 670 BC'''.
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==Events and trends==
* [[678 BC]]—[[Phraortes]] becomes king of the Medes
* 677 BC—[[Esarhaddon]] leads the [[Assyria]]n army against rebellious [[Arab]] tribes, advances as far as the [[Brook of Egypt]].
* [[676 BC]]—[[Zhou Hui Wang]] becomes emperor of the [[Zhou dynasty]] of [[China]].
* [[674 BC]]—[[Esarhaddon]] puts down a revolt in [[Ascalon]] supported by [[Taharqa]], king of [[Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt|Kush and Egypt]]. In response, the [[Neo-Assyrian Empire|Assyrians]] invade [[Egypt]], but Taharqa is able to hold them off.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Elayi |first=Josette |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0eOyEAAAQBAJ |title=Esarhaddon, King of Assyria |date=15 February 2023 |publisher=Lockwood Press |isbn=978-1-957454-95-5 |page=89 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[673 BC]]—[[Tullus Hostilius]] becomes the third King of [[Rome]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Duruy |first=Victor |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GQAoAAAAYAAJ |title=History of Rome and of the Roman People from Its Origin to the Establishment of the Christian Empire |date=1884 |publisher=D.Estes and C.E. Lauiat |page=150 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[671 BC]]—[[Esarhaddon]] again invades [[Egypt]], this time successfully, capturing [[Memphis, Egypt|Memphis]] as well as a number of the [[royal family]].

==Significant people==
* [[Esarhaddon]], [[Kings of Assyria|King of Assyria]] and conqueror of [[Egypt]] (reigned [[680s BC|681]]–[[669 BC]])
* [[Argaeus I]], who acceded to the [[Kings of Macedon|kingship of Macedon]] with his father's death; he reigned from c. [[678 BC]] to c. [[640 BC]]
* [[Zhou Hui Wang]], ruler of [[China]] during the [[Zhou dynasty]]

==Deaths==
* [[678 BC]]—approximate date of death of [[Perdiccas I]], king of [[Macedon]] 
* [[673 BC]]—[[Numa Pompilius]], second of the [[Kings of Rome]], successor to [[Romulus and Remus|Romulus]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Belliotti |first=Raymond Angelo |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I3N2CgAAQBAJ |title=Machiavelli's Secret: The Soul of the Statesman |date=31 August 2015 |publisher=SUNY Press |isbn=978-1-4384-5721-5 |page=180 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[670 BC]]—[[Mettius Fufetius]], [[Latin]] king of [[Alba Longa]]

== References ==
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