Editing 690s BC (section)

==Events and trends==
* 699 BC—[[Hallashu-Inshushinak]] ([[Khallushu]]) succeeds [[Shuttir-Nakhkhunte]] as king of the [[Elamite Empire]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Cavendish |first=Marshall |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j894miuOqc4C&dq=Shuttir-Nakhkhunte&pg=PA1576 |title=World and Its Peoples |date= September 2006|publisher=Marshall Cavendish |isbn=978-0-7614-7571-2 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Carter |first=Elizabeth |url=http://archive.org/details/elamsurveysofpol0000cart |title=Elam : surveys of political history and archaeology |date=1984 |publisher=Berkeley : University of California Press |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-520-09950-0}}</ref>
* 699 BC—[[Manasseh of Judah|Manasseh]] succeeds Hezekiah as king of Judah. The first king who did not have an experience with the [[Kingdom of Israel (Samaria)|Kingdom of Israel]], Manasseh ruled with his mother, Hephzibah, as regent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telusplanet.net/dgarneau/euro24.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629223726/http://metis-history.info/euro24.shtml|archive-date=2015-06-29|title=CANADIAN HISTORY A DISTINCT VIEWPOINT: EUROPEAN & ASIAN HISTORY 700 - 481 BC|website=metis-history.info}}</ref>
* 699 BC—[[Sennacherib]] carries out his fifth [[military campaign]] in [[Babylonia]], a series of raids against the villages around the foot of [[Mount Judi]], located to the northeast of [[Nineveh]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Luckenbill |first=Daniel David |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fXRLAwAAQBAJ&dq=Sennacherib+mount+judi&pg=PA14 |title=The Annals of Sennacherib |date=2005-09-16 |publisher=Wipf and Stock Publishers |isbn=978-1-59752-372-1 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Levine |first=Louis D. |title=Sennacherib's Southern Front: 704-689 B.C. |url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.2307/1359991 |journal=Journal of Cuneiform Studies |year=1982 |language=en |volume=34 |issue=1–2 |pages=28–58 |doi=10.2307/1359991 |jstor=1359991 |s2cid=163170919 |issn=0022-0256}}</ref>
* 698 BC—Death of [[Chuzi I]], ruler of the state of [[Qin (state)|Qin]]
* 698 BC—Death of [[Duke Xi of Qi]], ruler of the state of [[Qi (state)|Qi]]
* 697 BC—Birth of [[Duke Wen of Jin]] in [[China]].
* 697 BC—Death of [[King Huan of Zhou]] in China.
* 697 BC—[[Manasseh of Judah|Manasseh]] becomes co-ruler with King [[Hezekiah]] of [[Kingdom of Judah|Judah]].{{fact|date=March 2025}}
* 696 BC—[[King Zhuang of Zhou|Zhou Zhuang Wang]] becomes king of the [[Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC - 256 BC)|Zhou Dynasty]] of [[China]].
* 696 BC—[[Cimmerians|Cimmerian]] forces begin a conquest of [[Phrygia]] (modern [[Turkey]]), having failed in their efforts to defeat the [[Assyrian people|Assyrians]] and moved into [[Anatolia]].
* 696 BC—Possible [[Human migration|migration]] of the [[Armenians]] (approximate date).{{facts|date=March 2025}}
* 696 BC—Pantacles of [[Athens]] wins the [[Stadion (running race)|stadion race]] at the 21st [[Ancient Olympic Games|Olympic Games]].<ref name="attalus.org">[[Eusebius of Caesarea]], ''Chronicle'' [http://www.attalus.org/translate/eusebius2.html].</ref>
* 694 BC—[[Duke Xiang of Qi]] and [[Duke Huan of Lu]] meet at Luo(濼). Duke Huan of Lu and his wife, [[Wen Jiang]] goes to [[Qi (state)|Qi]]. 
* 694 BC—Duke Huan of Lu dies in Qi, and Prince Peng Sheng(彭生) is killed. 
* 694 BC—Troops of Qi killed Zheng-zi Wei(7th ruler of [[Zheng (state)|Zheng]]) and Gao Qumi(高渠弥). Ji Zhong(祭仲) invited Zheng-zi Ying(8th ruler of Zheng) from [[Chen (state)|Chen]] and helped him assume the throne. 
* 694 BC—Duke Hei Jian(黒肩) of [[Zhou dynasty|Zhou]] killed [[King Zhuang of Zhou]] and plotted to help Prince Ke(克) assume the throne. Xin Bo(辛伯) reported it to King Zhuang, and killed Duke Hei Jian. Prince Ke defected to [[Yan (state)|Yan]].
* 694 BC—Death of [[Ashur-nadin-shumi]], Assyrian king of Babylon<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bertman |first1=Stephen |url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/handbook-to-life-in-ancient-mesopotamia-9780195183641?cc=us&lang=en& |title=Handbook to life in ancient Mesopotamia |date=2005 |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=79 |edition=1st |access-date=7 August 2023}}</ref>
* 694 BC—Death of [[Duke Huan of Lu]], ruler of the state of Lu
* 694 BC—Death of [[Luli]], king of Tyre
* 693 BC—[[Babylon]] is destroyed by the [[Assyria]]n king [[Sennacherib]], but the city will be rebuilt in even greater splendor and luxury. He fights his way back north and captures various cities along the [[Euphrates|River Euphrates]] (or 691 BC or [[689 BC]]).{{facts|date=March 2025}}
* 693 BC—Death of [[Nergal-ushezib]], king of [[Babylonia]]
* 692 BC—Pantacles wins the stadion race for a second time and the [[Diaulos (running race)|diaulos]] at the 22nd Olympic Games.<ref name="attalus.org"/>
* 692 BC—[[Tirhakah]], the last Ethiopian pharaoh, ascends the throne of [[ancient Egypt|Egypt]] (approximate date).
* 692 BC—[[Karib'il Watar]] of [[Sabaeans|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—[[Duke Xiang of Qi]],  [[Duke Xuan of Chen]], [[Zheng-zi Ying]] met at Chui(垂).
* 690 BC—Marquis of Ji(紀) does not surrender to [[Qi (state)|Qi]], and passes the throne to his younger brother, [[Ji Ji]](紀季).
* 690 BC—Death of [[King Wu of Chu]]
* 690 BC—Death of [[Xuan Jiang]], Chinese Duchess.
* 690 BC—[[Taharqa]], a king of the [[Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt|Twenty-fifth Dynasty]], ascends the throne of [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]] (approximate date)
* 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.
* [[Colonies in antiquity#Greek colonies|Greek colonization]] of the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]] in the next two centuries will be motivated primarily by a need to find new [[Food#Food sources|food sources]] as [[Ancient Greece|Greece]]'s population expands. The barren and rocky soil of the [[Geography of Greece#Mainland|Greek Peninsula]] is inadequate to meet the people's alimentary needs (approximate date).