640s BC

Centuries: 8th century BC - 7th century BC - 6th century BC

Decades: 690s BC 680s BC 670s BC 660s BC 650s BC - 640s BC - 630s BC 620s BC 610s BC 600s BC 590s BC

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Events and Trends

• 648 BC - Pankration becomes an Olympic event
• 648 BC - Earliest Greek-chronicled solar eclipse.
• 647 BC - King Assurbanipal[?] of Assyria sacks Susa
• 640 BC - Great victory of Assyria over Elam

Significant People

• 643 BC - Death of Manasseh, king of Judah
• 641 BC - Josiah becomes king of Judah
• 641 BC - Ancus Marcius becomes king of Rome
• 640 BC - Birth of Stesichorus, Greek poet (approximate date)