Editing 7th century BC (section)

=== [[650s BC]] ===
* [[650s BC]]: [[The Spartan Creed]] by Ancient Greek poet [[Tyrtaeus]]
* [[650s BC]]: Occupation begins at [[Maya civilization|Maya]] site of [[Piedras Negras, Guatemala]].
* [[657 BC]]: [[Cypselus]] becomes the first [[tyrant]] of [[Ancient Corinth|Corinth]].
* [[656 BC]]: [[Psammetichus I|Psammetichus]] extends his control over all of [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]. End of [[Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt|Twenty-fifth Dynasty]].
* [[653 BC]]: [[Atta-Khumma-In-Shushinak]] and [[Khumbanigash II]] succeed [[Shilhak-In-Shushinak]] and [[Tempti-Khumma-In-Shushinak]] as kings of the [[Elamite Empire]].
* [[653 BC]]: [[Atlanersa]] becomes ruler of the [[Kingdom of Kush#Napatan period (750–542 BC)|Napatan kingdom of Kush]] after the collapse of the [[Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt]].
* [[652 BC]]: [[Babylonia]] rises in revolt under [[Shamash-shum-ukin]] against the [[Assyria]]ns.
* [[651 BC]]: [[King Xiang of Zhou]] becomes king of the [[Zhou dynasty]] of [[China]].
* [[650 BC]]: The town of [[Abdera, Thrace|Abdera]] in [[Thrace]] is founded by colonists from [[Clazomenae]].
* [[650 BC]]: A [[Climate variability and change|climate change]] affects all the [[Bronze Age]] cultures in [[Europe]] with colder and wetter climate, and tribes from the [[Scandinavia]]n [[Nordic Bronze Age]] cultures are pushed downwards into the [[European continent]].