680s BC

This article concerns the period 689 BC – 680 BC.

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	8th century BC 7th century BC 6th century BC
Decades:	700s BC 690s BC 680s BC 670s BC 660s BC
Years:	689 BC 688 BC 687 BC 686 BC 685 BC 684 BC 683 BC 682 BC 681 BC 680 BC
Categories:	Births Deaths

Events

• 689 BC—King Sennacherib of Assyria sacks Babylon.[1]
• 685 BC—Chalcedon became a Greek colony.[2]
• 684 BC—Spring and Autumn period: Duke Zhuang, ruler of the Chinese state of Lu, defeats Duke Huan of Qi in the Battle of Changshao.
• 680 BC—Esarhaddon succeeds Sennacherib as king of Assyria.[3]

Deaths

• 682 BC—Death of Zhou zhuang wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.[4]

References

1. Haubold, Johannes (2013). Greece and Mesopotamia: Dialogues in Literature. Cambridge University Press. p. 171. ISBN 9781107010765.
2. Minns, Ellis Hovell (2011). Scythians and Greeks: A Survey of Ancient History and Archaeology on the North Coast of the Euxine from the Danube to the Caucasus. Cambridge University Press. p. 439. ISBN 9781108024877.
3. "Esarhaddon - king of Assyria". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
4. Li, Xiaobing (2012). China at War: An Encyclopedia: An Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 548. ISBN 9781598844160.