Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index 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 Events and Trends Assyrian king Ashurbanipal founds library, which includes our earliest complete copy of the Epic of Gilgamesh. 649 BC - Babylonian revolt under Shamash-shuma-ukin is crushed by the Assyrians 648 BC - Pankration becomes an Olympic event 648 BC - Earliest Greek-chronicled solar eclipse. 647 BC - King Assurbanipal of Assyria sacks Susa 642 BC - Ancus Marcius becomes king of Rome (traditional date) 640 BC - Great victory of Assyria over Elamite Empire Significant People 643 BC - Death of Manasseh, king of Judah 641 BC - Josiah becomes king of Judah 640 BC - Birth of Stesichorus, Greek poet (approximate date) This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.