688 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	8th century BC – 7th century BC – 6th century BC
Decades:	710s BC 700s BC 690s BC – 680s BC – 670s BC 660s BC 650s BC
Years:	691 BC 690 BC 689 BC – 688 BC – 687 BC 686 BC 685 BC

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688 BC by topic
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688 BC in other calendars
Gregorian calendar	688 BC
Ab urbe condita	66
Ancient Egypt era	XXV dynasty, 65
- Pharaoh	Taharqa, 3
Ancient Greek era	23rd Olympiad (victor )¹
Assyrian calendar	4063
Bengali calendar	−1280
Berber calendar	263
Buddhist calendar	−143
Burmese calendar	−1325
Byzantine calendar	4821–4822
Chinese calendar	壬辰年 (Water Dragon) 2009 or 1949 — to — 癸巳年 (Water Snake) 2010 or 1950
Coptic calendar	−971 – −970
Discordian calendar	479
Ethiopian calendar	−695 – −694
Hebrew calendar	3073–3074
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−631 – −630
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2414–2415
Holocene calendar	9313
Iranian calendar	1309 BP – 1308 BP
Islamic calendar	1349 BH – 1348 BH
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1646
Minguo calendar	2599 before ROC 民前2599年
Thai solar calendar	−145 – −144

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Olympia in ancient Greece (7th century BC)

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Europe

The town of Gela is founded in Sicily by colonists from Rhodes and Crete.

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Sports

Greece's 23rd Olympiad is held at Olympia, boxing is added to the Olympic Games that are more and more intended as preparation for war.

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