Editing 610s BC (section)

==Events and trends==
*[[619 BC]]—Death of [[King Xiang of Zhou|Ji Zheng]], king of the [[Zhou dynasty]] of [[China]].
*[[618 BC]]—[[Silphium (antiquity)|Silphium]] discovered in Cyrene according to [[Theophrastus]].
*618 BC—[[King Qing of Zhou|Ji Renchen]] becomes king of the [[Zhou dynasty]] of [[China]].
*[[616 BC]]—[[Lucius Tarquinius Priscus]] becomes the fifth King of [[Rome]].
*[[615 BC]]—[[Neo-Babylonian Empire|Neo-Babylonian kingdom]] begin attacking Assyrian cities.
*[[614 BC]]—Sack of [[Assur]] by the [[Medes]] and [[Babylonians]].
*[[613 BC]]—Death of [[Zhou Qing Wang|Ji Renchen]], king of the [[Zhou dynasty]] of [[China]].
*613 BC—[[King Zhuang of Chu]] ascends to the throne of [[Chu (state)|Chu]] in China
*[[612 BC]]—[[Zhou Kuang Wang|Ji Ban]] becomes king of the [[Zhou dynasty]] of [[China]].
*612 BC—An alliance of [[Medes]], [[Achaemenid Empire|Persians]], [[Scythians]], Babylonians and Susianians besiege and conquer [[Nineveh]] at ''the [[Battle of Nineveh (612 BC)|Battle of Nineveh]]''. King [[Sin-shar-ishkun]] of [[Assyria]] is killed in the sack.
*612 BC—[[Ashur-uballit II]] attempts to keep the [[Neo-Assyrian Empire|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]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa011201a.htm | title=What Were the Largest Cities Throughout History? | access-date=2006-03-01 | archive-date=2016-08-18 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818124242/http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa011201a.htm | url-status=dead }}</ref>
*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 [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]].
*610 BC—Foundation of [[Naucratis]]