690s BC

This article concerns the period 699 BC – 690 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
Years:	699 BC 698 BC 697 BC 696 BC 695 BC 694 BC 693 BC 692 BC 691 BC 690 BC
Categories:	Births Deaths

Events and trends

• 699 BC—Khallushu succeeds Shuttir-Nakhkhunte as king of the Elamite Empire.
• 697 BC—Birth of Duke Wen of Jin in China.
• 697 BC—Death of King Huan of Zhou in China.
• 697 BC—Hezekiah succeeded by Manasseh as king of Judah.
• 696 BC—King Zhuang of Zhou begins his reign in China.
• 696 BC—The Cimmerians ravage Phrygia, possible migration of the Armenians.
• 692 BC—Karib'il Watar of Saba' is recorded as having given "gifts" (tribute) to King Sennacherib of Assyria.
• 691 BC—King Sennacherib of Assyria defeats king Humban-nimena of Elam in the Battle of Halule.
• 690 BC—Taharqa, a king of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty, ascends the throne of Egypt (approximate date)
• c. 690 BC-664 BC—Sphinx of Taharqa, from Temple T, Kawa, Nubia, is made. Twenty-fifth dynasty of Egypt. It is now kept at The British Museum, London.
• c. 690 BC—Death of Manava, author of the Indian geometric text of Sulba Sutras.
• 690s BC—W'rn Hywt of D'mt in Ethiopia appears in the inscriptional record and mentions the king of Saba', Karib'il Watar.

Significant people