Editing 600s BC (decade)

{{Short description|Decade}}
This article concerns the period '''609 BC – 600 BC'''.
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[[Image:East-Hem_600bc.jpg|thumb|550px|Map of the Eastern Hemisphere in 600 BC.]]

==Events and trends==
*[[609 BC]]—The [[Babylonians]] defeat the [[Assyrian army]] of [[Ashur-uballit II]] and capture [[Harran]]. Ashur-uballit, the last [[Assyrian king]], disappears from history.
*609 BC—[[Battle of Megiddo (609 BC)|Battle of Megiddo]]: King [[Josiah]] of [[Kingdom of Judah|Judah]] dies in battle against Pharaoh [[Necho II]] of [[Egypt]], who is on his way north to aid the Assyrian state of [[Ashur-uballit II]]. [[Jehoahaz of Judah|Jehoahaz]] succeeds his father Josiah as [[King of Judah]], but is quickly deposed by Necho, who installs Jehoahaz's brother [[Jehoiakim]] in his place.
*[[607 BC]] (15–26 March)—[[Halley's Comet]] is visible from Earth.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Seargent |first=David A. J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DFgMAaU3vA8C |title=The Greatest Comets in History: Broom Stars and Celestial Scimitars |date=16 December 2008 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=978-0-387-09513-4 |page=42 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[606 BC]]—[[Zhou Ding Wang|Ji Yu]] succeeds [[Zhou Kuang Wang]] as king of the [[Zhou dynasty]] in China.
*[[605 BC]]—[[Battle of Carchemish]]: Crown Prince [[Nebuchadnezzar II]] of Babylon defeats the army of [[Necho II]] of Egypt, securing the Babylonian conquest of [[Assyria]]. The Babylonians pursue through [[Syria]] and [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]].
*605 BC—[[Battle of Hamath]]: Nebuchadnezzar II defeats the remainder of the Egyptian army following the Battle of Carchemish.
*605 BC—Nebuchadnezzar II succeeds his father [[Nabopolassar]] as King of Babylon.
*[[601 BC]]—Foundation of [[Perinthus]] by [[settler]]s from [[Samos]] (traditional date).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Whibley |first=Leonard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B6ILAAAAYAAJ |title=A Companion to Greek Studies |date=1916 |publisher=University Press |page=84 |language=en}}</ref>
*601 BC—The [[Jewish–Babylonian war]] begins between the [[Kingdom of Judah]] and [[Neo-Babylonian Empire|Babylonia]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Middlemas |first=Jill |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qBFREAAAQBAJ |title=The Troubles of Templeless Judah |date=13 October 2005 |publisher=OUP Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-153627-4 |page=52 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[600 BC]]—[[Marseille]] is founded by Greeks of [[Phocaea]], who are victorious over the [[Carthaginians]] in a naval battle, beginning the [[Greco–Punic Wars]].
*600 BC—The [[Satrapy of Armenia]] is created.
*600 BC—[[Capua]] is founded.
*600 BC—[[İzmir|Smyrna]] is sacked and destroyed by [[Alyattes of Lydia]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Angelis |first=Franco De |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4NDaDwAAQBAJ |title=A Companion to Greeks Across the Ancient World |date=12 May 2020 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-1-118-27156-8 |page=232 |language=en}}</ref>
*600 BC—[[Nebuchadnezzar II]] builds the [[Hanging Gardens of Babylon]].
*c. 600 BC—[[Milan]] is founded by [[Celts]].
*c. 600 BC—[[Pompeii]] is founded.
*c. 600 BC—The [[Etruscans]] capture the settlement of [[Rome]], making it into a prosperous trading centre.
*c. 600 BC—[[Zarathustra]]'s religion becomes popular in [[Persia]].
*c. 600 BC—Radiocarbon dating for first circular inhabitation enclosure at [[Emain Macha]].
*c. 600 BC—[[580 BC]]—Construction begins on the [[Temple of Artemis]], [[Korkyra (polis)|Korkyra]] ([[Corfu]]).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kleiner |first=Fred S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XQfFDwAAQBAJ |title=Gardner's Art through the Ages: The Western Perspective, Volume I |date=1 January 2020 |publisher=Cengage Learning |isbn=978-0-357-37048-3 |page=118 |language=en}}</ref>
*c. 600 BC—Construction begins on the largest mound at [[Cahokia]]. Construction continues until [[AD 200]].
*c. 600 BC—The [[Archaic period in Greece|Archaic]] period of [[sculpture]] begins in [[Ancient Greece]].
*c. 600 BC—[[Pitcher (container)]] ([[olpe (vessel)|olpe]]), from [[Corinth]], is made.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Honour |first1=Hugh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qGb4pyoseH4C&dq=%22Olpe%22+%22600%22+%22Corinth%22&pg=PA231 |title=A World History of Art |last2=Fleming |first2=John |date=2005 |publisher=Laurence King Publishing |isbn=978-1-85669-451-3 |page=231 |language=en}}</ref>
*c. 600 BC—[[Kouros]] sculptures begin to be made.
*c. 600 BC—The [[Doric order|Doric]] and [[Ionic order]]s are well developed.
*c. 600 BC—[[500 BC]]—A calendrical system appears in areas with strong [[Olmec]] influence in [[Mesoamerica]].

==Significant people==
*608 BC—Birth of [[Peisistratus]], ruler of [[Athens]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Newmyer |first=Stephen T. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NkMiEAAAQBAJ |title=Plutarch's Three Treatises on Animals: A Translation with Introductions and Commentary |date=30 December 2020 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-351-33547-8 |page=152 |language=en}}</ref>
*607 BC—Death of [[Zhou Kuang Wang|King Kuang]] of the [[Zhou dynasty]] of [[China]]
*605 BC—Death of [[Nabopolassar]], first ruler of the [[Neo-Babylonian Empire]]
*c. 600 BC—Birth of King [[Cambyses I of Anshan]], head of the [[Achaemenid dynasty]]

== References ==
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