List of state leaders in 620s BC
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630s BC state leaders - Events of 620s BC
620s BC
-Events and trends:* c. 627 BC—Death of Assurbanipal, king of Assyria; he is succeeded by Assur-etel-ilani.* 626 BC—Nabopolassar revolts against Assyria, founds the Neo-Babylonian Empire....

 - 610s BC state leaders - State leaders by year

Africa

  • Cyrene
    Cyrene, Libya
    Cyrene was an ancient Greek colony and then a Roman city in present-day Shahhat, Libya, the oldest and most important of the five Greek cities in the region. It gave eastern Libya the classical name Cyrenaica that it has retained to modern times.Cyrene lies in a lush valley in the Jebel Akhdar...

    • Battus I
      Battus I of Cyrene
      Battus I of Cyrene was the founder of the Greek colony of Cyrenaica and its capital, Cyrene. He was the first king of Cyrenaica, the first Greek king in Africa, and the founder of the Battiad dynasty.-Background:...

      , King of Cyrene (c. 632 BC
      630s BC
      -Events and trends:* 639 BC - Interregnum ends and Ancus Marcius becomes the king of Rome.* 636 BC — Duke Wen of Jin ascends to power in the State of Jin during the Zhou Dynasty of China....

       – c. 600 BC
      590s BC
      -Events and trends:* 599 BC—Vardhamana Mahavira, last Tirthankara of Jainism, is born.* 598 BC—Jehoiachin succeeds Jehoiakim as King of Judah.* March 16, 597 BC—Babylonians capture Jerusalem following a siege, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king....

      )

  • Egypt
    Egypt
    Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...

  • (Twenty-sixth Dynasty
    Twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt
    The Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt was the last native dynasty to rule Egypt before the Persian conquest in 525 BC . The Dynasty's reign The Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt (also written Dynasty XXVI or Dynasty 26) was the last native dynasty to rule Egypt before the Persian conquest in 525 BC...

    )
    • Psamtik I, Pharaoh of Egypt (664 BC
      660s BC
      -Events and trends:* 669 BC: Ashurbanipal succeeds his father Esarhaddon as king of Assyria.* 668 BC: Ashurbanipal starts to rule.* 668 BC: Shamash-shum-ukin, son of Esarhaddon, becomes King of Babylon.* 668 BC: Egypt revolts against Assyria....

       – 610 BC
      600s 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....

      )

Asia

  • China (Zhou Dynasty
    Zhou Dynasty
    The Zhou Dynasty was a Chinese dynasty that followed the Shang Dynasty and preceded the Qin Dynasty. Although the Zhou Dynasty lasted longer than any other dynasty in Chinese history, the actual political and military control of China by the Ji family lasted only until 771 BC, a period known as...

    )
    • Xiang of Zhou
      King Xiang of Zhou
      King Xiang of Zhou was the eighteenth sovereign of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty and the sixth of Eastern Zhou Dynasty. In 635 he was driven from the capital by his brother Zhao and was restored by Duke Wen of Jin....

      , King of China (651 BC
      650s BC
      -Events and trends:*Occupation begins at Maya site of Piedras Negras, Guatemala.*657 BC—Cypselus becomes the first tyrant of Corinth.*656 BC—Psamtik I extends his control over all of Egypt...

       – 619 BC
      610s BC
      -Events and trends:*619 BC—Alyattes becomes king of Lydia.*619 BC—Death of Zhou xiang wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.*618 BC—Zhou qing wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.*616 BC—Lucius Tarquinius Priscus becomes the fifth King of Rome....

      )

  • Japan (legendary)
    • Jimmu
      Emperor Jimmu
      was the first Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. He is also known as Kamuyamato Iwarebiko and personally as Wakamikenu no Mikoto or Sano no Mikoto....

      , Emperor of Japan (c. 660 BC
      650s BC
      -Events and trends:*Occupation begins at Maya site of Piedras Negras, Guatemala.*657 BC—Cypselus becomes the first tyrant of Corinth.*656 BC—Psamtik I extends his control over all of Egypt...

       – c. 585 BC
      580s BC
      -Events and trends:* 589 BC—Apries succeeds Psamtik II as king of Egypt.* 588 BC—Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon begins siege of Jerusalem; the opera Nabucco sets the date at 587 BC.* 587 BC—Jerusalem falls to the Babylonians, ending the Kingdom of Judah...

      )

  • Lydia
    Lydia
    Lydia was an Iron Age kingdom of western Asia Minor located generally east of ancient Ionia in the modern Turkish provinces of Manisa and inland İzmir. Its population spoke an Anatolian language known as Lydian....

    • Ardys II
      Ardys II
      Ardys II was the twenty-seventh king of Lydia, and second king of the Mermnad dynasty, the son of King Gyges of Lydia; see List of Kings of Lydia...

      , King of Lydia (678 BC
      670s BC
      -Events and trends:* 677 BC—Esarhaddon leads the Assyrian army against rebellious Arab tribes, advances as far as the Brook of Egypt.* 676 BC—Zhou Hui Wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.* 675 BC—Esarhaddon begins the rebuilding of Babylon...

       – 629 BC
      620s BC
      -Events and trends:* c. 627 BC—Death of Assurbanipal, king of Assyria; he is succeeded by Assur-etel-ilani.* 626 BC—Nabopolassar revolts against Assyria, founds the Neo-Babylonian Empire....

      )
    • Sadyattes
      Sadyattes
      Sadyattes, son of Ardys II, of the house of the Mermnadae was King of Lydia from 624 BC to 619 BC. He was succeeded by his son Alyattes II.Sadyattes began a twelve year war with the Ionian Greek maritime city of Miletus that was continued by his son Alyattes II.-Sources:* Nos ancêtres de...

      , King of Lydia (629 BC – 617 BC
      610s BC
      -Events and trends:*619 BC—Alyattes becomes king of Lydia.*619 BC—Death of Zhou xiang wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.*618 BC—Zhou qing wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.*616 BC—Lucius Tarquinius Priscus becomes the fifth King of Rome....

      )

Europe

  • Athens
    Athens
    Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...

    • Unknown (630 BC
      620s BC
      -Events and trends:* c. 627 BC—Death of Assurbanipal, king of Assyria; he is succeeded by Assur-etel-ilani.* 626 BC—Nabopolassar revolts against Assyria, founds the Neo-Babylonian Empire....

       – 624 BC
      620s BC
      -Events and trends:* c. 627 BC—Death of Assurbanipal, king of Assyria; he is succeeded by Assur-etel-ilani.* 626 BC—Nabopolassar revolts against Assyria, founds the Neo-Babylonian Empire....

      )
    • Aristaechmus, Archon of Athens
      Archon of Athens
      This is a list of the eponymous archons of Athens.-Background:The archon was the chief magistrate in many Greek cities, but in Athens there was a council of archons which comprised a form of executive government...

       (624 BC – 623 BC
      620s BC
      -Events and trends:* c. 627 BC—Death of Assurbanipal, king of Assyria; he is succeeded by Assur-etel-ilani.* 626 BC—Nabopolassar revolts against Assyria, founds the Neo-Babylonian Empire....

      )
    • Unknown (623 BC – 621 BC
      620s BC
      -Events and trends:* c. 627 BC—Death of Assurbanipal, king of Assyria; he is succeeded by Assur-etel-ilani.* 626 BC—Nabopolassar revolts against Assyria, founds the Neo-Babylonian Empire....

      )
    • Draco, Archon of Athens (621 BC – 620 BC
      610s BC
      -Events and trends:*619 BC—Alyattes becomes king of Lydia.*619 BC—Death of Zhou xiang wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.*618 BC—Zhou qing wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.*616 BC—Lucius Tarquinius Priscus becomes the fifth King of Rome....

      )

  • Corinth
    Corinth
    Corinth is a city and former municipality in Corinthia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Corinth, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit...

    • Cypselus
      Cypselus
      Cypselus was the first tyrant of Corinth in the 7th century BC.With increased wealth and more complicated trade relations and social structures, Greek city-states tended to overthrow their traditional hereditary priest-kings; Corinth, the richest archaic polis, led the way...

      , tyrant of Corinth (657 BC
      650s BC
      -Events and trends:*Occupation begins at Maya site of Piedras Negras, Guatemala.*657 BC—Cypselus becomes the first tyrant of Corinth.*656 BC—Psamtik I extends his control over all of Egypt...

       – 627 BC
      620s BC
      -Events and trends:* c. 627 BC—Death of Assurbanipal, king of Assyria; he is succeeded by Assur-etel-ilani.* 626 BC—Nabopolassar revolts against Assyria, founds the Neo-Babylonian Empire....

      )
    • Periander
      Periander
      Periander was the second tyrant of Corinth, Greece in the 7th century BC. He was the son of the first tyrant, Cypselus. Periander succeeded his father in 627 BC. He died in 585 BC....

      , tyrant of Corinth (627 BC – 585 BC
      580s BC
      -Events and trends:* 589 BC—Apries succeeds Psamtik II as king of Egypt.* 588 BC—Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon begins siege of Jerusalem; the opera Nabucco sets the date at 587 BC.* 587 BC—Jerusalem falls to the Babylonians, ending the Kingdom of Judah...

      )

  • Ireland (legendary)
    • Úgaine Mor
      Úgaine Mor
      Úgaine Mór , son of Eochu Buadach, son of Dui Ladrach, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland. He was the foster-son of Cimbáeth and Macha Mong Ruad, and took power by killing his predecessor, and his foster-mother's killer, Rechtaid Rígderg...

      , High King of Ireland (634 BC
      630s BC
      -Events and trends:* 639 BC - Interregnum ends and Ancus Marcius becomes the king of Rome.* 636 BC — Duke Wen of Jin ascends to power in the State of Jin during the Zhou Dynasty of China....

       – 594 BC
      590s BC
      -Events and trends:* 599 BC—Vardhamana Mahavira, last Tirthankara of Jainism, is born.* 598 BC—Jehoiachin succeeds Jehoiakim as King of Judah.* March 16, 597 BC—Babylonians capture Jerusalem following a siege, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king....

      )

  • Macedonia
    • Philip I
      Philip I of Macedon
      Philip I of Macedon was one of the early kings of Macedon, a kingdom to the north of ancient Greece. He was a member of the Argead dynasty and son of Argaeus I, becoming king in 640 BC upon his father's death.As king, Philip was noted to be both wise and courageous...

      , King of Macedonia (640 BC
      630s BC
      -Events and trends:* 639 BC - Interregnum ends and Ancus Marcius becomes the king of Rome.* 636 BC — Duke Wen of Jin ascends to power in the State of Jin during the Zhou Dynasty of China....

       – 602 BC)

  • Rome
    Ancient Rome
    Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....

    • Ancus Marcius
      Ancus Marcius
      Ancus Marcius was the legendary fourth of the Kings of Rome.He was the son of Marcius and Pompilia...

      , King of Rome (642 BC
      640s BC
      -Events and trends:*Assyrian king Ashurbanipal founds library, which includes our earliest complete copy of the Epic of Gilgamesh.*649 BC — Indabigash succeeds Tammaritu as a king of the Elamite Empire....

       – 617 BC)

  • Sparta
    Sparta
    Sparta or Lacedaemon, was a prominent city-state in ancient Greece, situated on the banks of the River Eurotas in Laconia, in south-eastern Peloponnese. It emerged as a political entity around the 10th century BC, when the invading Dorians subjugated the local, non-Dorian population. From c...

    (Agiad Dyanasty)
    • Anaxander
      Anaxander
      Anaxander or Anaxandros was king of Sparta .He was 12th of the Agids line of Spartan kings, son of Eurycrates and father to Eurycratides.-References:*http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0172.html...

      , King of Sparta
      Kings of Sparta
      Sparta was an important Greek city-state in the Peloponnesus. It was unusual among Greek city-states in that it maintained its kingship past the Archaic age. It was even more unusual in that it had two kings simultaneously, coming from two separate lines...

       (c.640 BC – c.615 BC
      610s BC
      -Events and trends:*619 BC—Alyattes becomes king of Lydia.*619 BC—Death of Zhou xiang wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.*618 BC—Zhou qing wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.*616 BC—Lucius Tarquinius Priscus becomes the fifth King of Rome....

      )

Middle East

  • Assyria
    Assyria
    Assyria was a Semitic Akkadian kingdom, extant as a nation state from the mid–23rd century BC to 608 BC centred on the Upper Tigris river, in northern Mesopotamia , that came to rule regional empires a number of times through history. It was named for its original capital, the ancient city of Assur...

    • Ashurbanipal
      Ashurbanipal
      Ashurbanipal |Ashur]] is creator of an heir"; 685 BC – c. 627 BC), also spelled Assurbanipal or Ashshurbanipal, was an Assyrian king, the son of Esarhaddon and the last great king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire...

      , King of Assyria
      Kings of Assyria
      The list of Assyrian kings is compiled from the Assyrian King List, an ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia with information added from recent archaeological findings. The Assyrian King List includes regnal lengths that appear to have been based on now lost limmu lists...

       (669 BC
      660s BC
      -Events and trends:* 669 BC: Ashurbanipal succeeds his father Esarhaddon as king of Assyria.* 668 BC: Ashurbanipal starts to rule.* 668 BC: Shamash-shum-ukin, son of Esarhaddon, becomes King of Babylon.* 668 BC: Egypt revolts against Assyria....

       – 627 BC)
    • Ashur-etil-ilani
      Ashur-etil-ilani
      Ashur-etil-ilani was a king of Assyria . He succeeded his father Ashurbanipal.- Problems with source material :The reconstruction of the events occurring during Ashur-etil-ilani's rule has proven to be very difficult...

      , King of Assyria (ca. 631 BC
      630s BC
      -Events and trends:* 639 BC - Interregnum ends and Ancus Marcius becomes the king of Rome.* 636 BC — Duke Wen of Jin ascends to power in the State of Jin during the Zhou Dynasty of China....

       – 627 BC)
    • Sin-shar-ishkun, King of Assyria (ca. 627 – 612 BC
      610s BC
      -Events and trends:*619 BC—Alyattes becomes king of Lydia.*619 BC—Death of Zhou xiang wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.*618 BC—Zhou qing wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.*616 BC—Lucius Tarquinius Priscus becomes the fifth King of Rome....

      )
    • Sin-shumu-lishir
      Sin-shumu-lishir
      Sin-shumu-lishir , was a usurper king of a part of the Assyrian empire during 626 BC. Little is known about this king due to the lack of sources covering this time.-Reign :...

      , King of Assyria (626 BC
      620s BC
      -Events and trends:* c. 627 BC—Death of Assurbanipal, king of Assyria; he is succeeded by Assur-etel-ilani.* 626 BC—Nabopolassar revolts against Assyria, founds the Neo-Babylonian Empire....

      )

  • Babylon
    Babylon
    Babylon was an Akkadian city-state of ancient Mesopotamia, the remains of which are found in present-day Al Hillah, Babil Province, Iraq, about 85 kilometers south of Baghdad...

  • Tenth Dynasty
    • Kandalanu
      Kandalanu
      - Territory :Kandalanu was king over Babylonia, with exception of the city Nippur. His reign began in 648 B.C. when he was appointed by his overlord King Ashurbanipal of Assyria after the latter had crushed the Babylonian rebellion by Kandalanu’s predecessor, Shamash-shum-ukin.- Identity :Because...

      , King of Babylon (648 BC
      640s BC
      -Events and trends:*Assyrian king Ashurbanipal founds library, which includes our earliest complete copy of the Epic of Gilgamesh.*649 BC — Indabigash succeeds Tammaritu as a king of the Elamite Empire....

       – 627 BC
      620s BC
      -Events and trends:* c. 627 BC—Death of Assurbanipal, king of Assyria; he is succeeded by Assur-etel-ilani.* 626 BC—Nabopolassar revolts against Assyria, founds the Neo-Babylonian Empire....

      )
    • Sin-shar-ishkun, King of Babylon (ca. 627 – 620 BC
      610s BC
      -Events and trends:*619 BC—Alyattes becomes king of Lydia.*619 BC—Death of Zhou xiang wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.*618 BC—Zhou qing wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.*616 BC—Lucius Tarquinius Priscus becomes the fifth King of Rome....

      )
    • Sin-shumu-lishir
      Sin-shumu-lishir
      Sin-shumu-lishir , was a usurper king of a part of the Assyrian empire during 626 BC. Little is known about this king due to the lack of sources covering this time.-Reign :...

      , King of Bablon (626 BC
      620s BC
      -Events and trends:* c. 627 BC—Death of Assurbanipal, king of Assyria; he is succeeded by Assur-etel-ilani.* 626 BC—Nabopolassar revolts against Assyria, founds the Neo-Babylonian Empire....

      )
  • Eleventh Dyantasy
    • Nabopolassar
      Nabopolassar
      Nabopolassar was the king of the Babylonia and played a key role in the demise of the Assyrian Empire following the death of the last powerful Assyrian king, Ashurbanipal...

      , King of Babylon (626 BC – 605 BC)

  • Kingdom of Judah
    Kingdom of Judah
    The Kingdom of Judah was a Jewish state established in the Southern Levant during the Iron Age. It is often referred to as the "Southern Kingdom" to distinguish it from the northern Kingdom of Israel....

    • Josiah
      Josiah
      Josiah or Yoshiyahu or Joshua was a king of Judah who instituted major reforms. Josiah is credited by most historians with having established or compiled important Jewish scriptures during the Deuteronomic reform that occurred during his rule.Josiah became king of Judah at the age of eight, after...

      , King of Judah (640 BC – 609 BC)

  • Median Empire
    Medes
    The MedesThe Medes...

    • Madius
      Madius
      Madius or Madya was a Scythian king. He conquered and ruled the Median Empire from c.625-653 BCE....

      , King of Medes (653 BC
      650s BC
      -Events and trends:*Occupation begins at Maya site of Piedras Negras, Guatemala.*657 BC—Cypselus becomes the first tyrant of Corinth.*656 BC—Psamtik I extends his control over all of Egypt...

       – 625 BC
      620s BC
      -Events and trends:* c. 627 BC—Death of Assurbanipal, king of Assyria; he is succeeded by Assur-etel-ilani.* 626 BC—Nabopolassar revolts against Assyria, founds the Neo-Babylonian Empire....

      )
    • Cyaxares
      Cyaxares
      Cyaxares, Cyaxares the Great or Hvakhshathra , the son of King Phraortes, was the first king of Media. According to Herodotus, Cyaxares, grandson of Deioces, had a far greater military reputation than his father or grandfather, therefore he is often being described as the first official Median...

      , King of Medes (625 BC – 585 BC)

  • Urartu
    Urartu
    Urartu , corresponding to Ararat or Kingdom of Van was an Iron Age kingdom centered around Lake Van in the Armenian Highland....

    • Eriména, King of Urartu (635 BC – 629 BC)
    • Rusa III, King of Urartu (629 BC – 590 BC
      580s BC
      -Events and trends:* 589 BC—Apries succeeds Psamtik II as king of Egypt.* 588 BC—Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon begins siege of Jerusalem; the opera Nabucco sets the date at 587 BC.* 587 BC—Jerusalem falls to the Babylonians, ending the Kingdom of Judah...

      or 615 BC)

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