690s BC

Events and trends

• 699 BC—Khallushu succeeds Shuttir-Nakhkhunte as king of the Elamite Empire.
• 697 BC—Birth of Duke Wen of Jin in China.
• 697 BC—Death of Zhou huan wang, the Emperor of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
• 696 BC—Zhou zhuang wang becomes the Emperor of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
• 696 BC—The Cimmerians ravage Phrygia, possible migration of the Armenians.
• 692 BC—Karib'il Watar of Saba' is recorded as having given gifts ("tribute") to King Sennacherib of Assyria.
• 691 BC—King Sennacherib of Assyria defeats king Humban-nimena of Elam in the Battle of Halule.
• 690 BC—Taharqa, a king of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty, ascends the throne of Egypt (approximate date)
• c. 690 BC-664 BC—Sphinx of Taharqa, from Temple T, Kawa, Nubia, is made. Twenty-fifth dynasty of Egypt. It is now kept at The British Museum, London.
• c. 690 BC—Death of Manava, author of the Indian geometric text of Sulba Sutras.
• 690s BC—W'rn Hywt of D'mt in Ethiopia appears in the inscriptional record and mentions the king of Saba', Karib'il Watar.