660s BC

Millennium:	1st millennium 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
Years:	669 BC 668 BC 667 BC 666 BC 665 BC 664 BC 663 BC 662 BC 661 BC 660 BC
Categories:	Births – Deaths – Architecture; Establishments – Disestablishments

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669 BC - Assurbanipal succeeds his father Esarhaddon as king of Assyria
668 BC - Shamash-shum-ukin, son of Esarhaddon, becomes King of Babylon
668 BC - Egypt revolts against Assyria
667 BC - Byzantium founded by Megaran colonists under Byzas. (traditional date)
664 BC - First naval battle in Greek recorded history, between Corinth and Corcyra
664 BC - Assurbanipal captures and sacks Thebes, Egypt
664 BC - Psammetichus I succeeds Necho I as king of Lower Egypt
664 BC - Taharqa appoints his nephew Tantamani as his successor of Upper Egypt
660 BC - Legendary Emperor Jimmu's reign starts; traditional date of 1st Japanese monarch of Yamato dynasty
660 BC - First known use of the demotic script
660 BC - Psammetichus I drives the Assyrians out of Egypt

Millennium:	1st millennium 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
Years:	669 BC 668 BC 667 BC 666 BC 665 BC 664 BC 663 BC 662 BC 661 BC 660 BC
Categories:	Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments

Millennium:	1st millennium 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
Years:	669 BC 668 BC 667 BC 666 BC 665 BC 664 BC 663 BC 662 BC 661 BC 660 BC
Categories:	Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments

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