Editing 652 BC

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The year '''652 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. In the [[Roman Empire]], it was known as '''year 102 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'' '''. The denomination 652 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [[Anno Domini]] [[calendar era]] became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

== Events ==

=== Middle East ===
* [[Elam]] withdraws from her [[Military alliance|alliance]] with king [[Shamash-shum-ukin]] of [[Babylon]], who launches a premature attack on his half brother [[Ashurbanipal]] at year's end without waiting for reinforcements that have been promised by the [[Ancient Egypt|Egyptian]] king [[Psamtik I]].

=== Asia ===
* [[Guan Zhong]], Chinese [[chancellor]], urges [[Duke Huan of Qi]] to attack the small neighboring [[Xing (state)|State of Xing]] which is under attack from [[Quanrong|Quan Rong]] nomads. Later, he advises the duke not to ally with a [[vassal]] ruler's son who wishes to depose his father.

== Births ==
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== Deaths ==
* [[King Hui of Zhou|Hui of Zhou]], ruler of the [[Zhou dynasty]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Loewe |first1=Michael |last2=Shaughnessy |first2=Edward L. |title=The Cambridge History of Ancient China: From the Origins of Civilization to 221 BC |date=13 March 1999 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-47030-8 |page=555 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cHA7Ey0-pbEC&pg=PA555 |language=en}}</ref>

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