687. _Tirhakah_ Reigns in _Egypt_.

681. _a.s.serhadon_ invades _Babylon_.

673. The _Jews_ conquered by _a.s.serhadon_, and _Mana.s.seh_ carried captive to _Babylon_.

671. _a.s.serbadon_ invades _Egypt_. The government of _Egypt_ committed to twelve princes.

668. The western nations of _Syria_, _Phnicia_ and _Egypt_, revolt from the _a.s.syrians_. _a.s.serhadon_ dies, and is succeeded by _Saosduchinus_.

_Mana.s.seh_ returns from Captivity.

658. _Phraortes_ Reigns in _Media_. The _Prytanes_ Reign in _Corinth_, expelling their Kings.

657. The _Corinthians_ overcome the _Corcyreans_ at sea: and this was the oldest sea fight.

655. _Psammiticus_ becomes King of all _Egypt_, by conquering the other eleven Kings with whom he had already reigned fifteen years: he reigned about 39 years more. Henceforward the _Ionians_ had access into _Egypt_; and thence came the _Ionian_ Philosophy, Astronomy and Geometry.

652. The first _Messenian_ war begins: it lasted twenty years.

647. _Charops_, the first decennial Archon of the _Athenians_. Some of these Archons might dye before the end of the ten years, and the remainder of the ten years be supplied by a new Archon. And hence the seven decennial Archons might not take up above forty or fifty years. _Saosduchinus_ King of _a.s.syria_ dies, and is succeeded by _Chyniladon_.

640. _Josiah_ Reigns in _Judaea_.

636. _Phraortes_> King of the _Medes_, is slain in a war against the _a.s.syrians_. _Astyages_ succeeds him.

635. The _Scythians_ invade the _Medes_ and _a.s.syrians_.

633. _Battus_ builds _Cyrene_, where _Irasa_, the city of _Antaeus_, had stood.

627. _Rome_ is built.

625. _Nabopola.s.sar_ revolts from the King of _a.s.syria_, and Reigns over _Babylon_. _Phalantus_ leads the _Parthenians_ into _Italy_, and builds _Tarentum._

617. _Psammiticus_ dies. _Nechaoh_ reigns in _Egypt_.

611. _Cyaxeres_ Reigns over the _Medes_.

610. The Princes of the _Scythians_ slain in a feast by _Cyaxeres_.

609. _Josiah_ slain. _Cyaxeres_ and _Nebuchadnezzar_ overthrow _Nineveh_, and, by sharing the _a.s.syrian_ Empire, grow great.

607. _Creon_ the first annual Archon of the _Athenians_. The second _Messenian_ war begins. _Cyaxeres_ makes the _Scythians_ retire beyond _Colchos_ and _Iberia_, and seizes the _a.s.syrian_ Provinces of _Armenia_, _Pontus_ and _Cappadocia_.

606. _Nebuchadnezzar_ invades _Syria_ and _Judaea_.

604. _Nabopola.s.sar_ dies, and is succeeded by his Son _Nebuchadnezzar_, who had already Reigned two years with his father.

600. _Darius_ the _Mede_, the son of _Cyaxeres,_ is born.

599. _Cyrus_ is born of _Mandane_, the Sister of _Cyaxeres_, and daughter of _Astyages_.

596. _Susiana_ and _Elam_ conquered by _Nebuchadnezzar_. _Cara.n.u.s_ and _Perdiccas_ fly from _Phidon_, and found the Kingdom of _Macedon_. _Phidon_ introduces Weights and Measures, and the Coining of Silver Money.

590. _Cyaxeres_ makes war upon _Alyattes_ King of _Lydia_.

588. The Temple of _Solomon_ is burnt by _Nebuchadnezzar_. The _Messenians_ being conquered, fly into _Sicily_, and build _Messana_.

585. In the sixth year of the _Lydian_ war, a total Eclipse of the Sun, predicted by _Thales_, _May_ the 28th, puts an end to a Battel between the _Medes_ and _Lydians_: Whereupon they make Peace, and ratify it by a marriage between _Darius Medus_ the son of _Cyaxeres_, and _Ariene_ the daughter of _Alyattes_.

584. _Phidon_ presides in the 49th Olympiad.

580. _Phidon_ is overthrown. Two men chosen by lot, out of the city _Elis_, to preside in the Olympic Games.

572. _Draco_ is Archon of the _Athenians_, and makes laws for them.

568. The _Amphictions_ make war upon the _Cirrheans_, by the advice of _Solon_, and take _Cirrha_. _Clisthenes_, _Alcmaeon_ and _Eurolicus_ commanded the forces of the _Amphictions_, and were contemporary to _Phidon_. For _Leocides_ the son of _Phidon_, and _Megacles_ the son of _Alcmaeon,_ at one and the same time, courted _Agarista_ the daughter of _Clisthenes_.

569. _Nebuchadnezzar_ invades _Egypt_. _Darius_ the _Mede_ Reigns.

562. _Solon_, being Archon of the _Athenians_, makes laws for them.

557. _Periander_ dies, and _Corinth_ becomes free from Tyrants.

555. _Nabonadius_ Reigns at _Babylon_. His Mother _Nitocris_ adorns and fortifies that City.

550. _Pisistratus_ becomes Tyrant at _Athens._ The Conference between _Crsus_ and _Solon_.

549. _Solon_ dies, _Hegestratus_ being Archon of _Athens_.

544. _Sardes_ is taken by _Cyrus_. _Darius_ the _Mede_ recoins the _Lydian_ money into _Darics_.

538. _Babylon_ is taken by _Cyrus_.

536. _Cyrus_ overcomes _Darius_ the _Mede_, and translates the Empire to the _Persians_. The _Jews_ return from Captivity, and found the second Temple.

529. _Cyrus_ dies. _Cambyses_ Reigns,

521. _Darius_ the son of _Hystaspes_ Reigns. The _Magi_ are slain. The various Religions of the several Nations of _Persia_, which consisted in the worship of their ancient Kings, are abolished; and by the influence of _Hystaspes_ and _Zoroaster_, the worship of One G.o.d, at Altars, without Temples is set up in all _Persia_.

520. The second Temple is built at _Jerusalem_ by the command of _Darius_.

515. The second Temple is finished and dedicated.

513. _Harmodius_ and _Aristogiton_, slay _Hipparchus_ the son of _Pisistratus_, Tyrant of the _Athenians._

508. The Kings of the _Romans_ expelled, and Consuls erected.

491. The Battle of _Marathon_.