610s BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	8th century BC – 7th century BC – 6th century BC
Decades:	640s BC 630s BC 620s BC – 610s BC – 600s BC 590s BC 580s BC
Years:	619 BC 618 BC 617 BC 616 BC 615 BC 614 BC 613 BC 612 BC 611 BC 610 BC
Categories:	Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments

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.
615 BC—Neo-Babylonian kingdom begin attacking Assyrian cities.
614 BC—Sack of Assur by the Medes and Babylonians.
613 BC—Death of Zhou qing wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
613 BC—King Zhuang of Chu ascends to the throne of Chu in China
612 BC—Zhou kuang wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
612 BC—An alliance of Medes, Scythians, Neo-Babylonians and Susianians besiege and conquer Nineveh at the Battle of 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.[1]
612 BC—Fall of the Assyrian Empire and Rise of the Neo-Babylonian Empire.
610 BC—Necho II succeeds Psamtik I (Psammetichus) as king of Egypt.
610 BC—Foundation of Naucratis