| B.C. | ||
|---|---|---|
| 753. | Rome built. | |
| 745. | Tiglath Pileser III conquered Babylonia and founded the New Assyrian Empire. | |
| 722. | Sargon II armed the Assyrians with iron weapons. | |
| 721. | He deported the Israelites. | |
| 680. | Esarhaddon took Thebes in Egypt (overthrowing the Ethiopian XXVth Dynasty). | |
| 664. | Psammetichus I restored the freedom of Egypt and founded the XXVIth Dynasty (to 610). | |
| 608. | Necho of Egypt defeated Josiah, king of Judah, at the battle of Megiddo. | |
| 606. | Capture of Nineveh by the Chaldeans and Medes. | |
| Foundation of the Chaldean Empire. | ||
| 604. | Necho pushed to the Euphrates and was overthrown by Nebuchadnezzar II. | |
| (Nebuchadnezzar carried off the Jews to Babylon.) |
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