 ==events== * 669 bc: taharqa, king of kush, invades and reconquers egypt from the assyrian empire. * 669 bc: esarhaddon, king of assyria, dies in harran on his way to recover egypt. * 668 bc: ashurbanipal, son of esarhaddon, starts to rule assyria. * 668 bc: shamash-shum-ukin, son of esarhaddon, becomes king of babylon. * 668 bc: nineveh, capital of assyria becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from thebes in egypt (estimation). * 667 bc: traditional date of the founding of byzantium by megaran colonists under byzas. * 666 bc: ashurbanipal sends a small assyrian army corps to egypt which recovers lower egypt from taharqa's forces. * 664 bc: first naval battle in greek recorded history, between corinth and corcyra. * 664 bc: tantamani succeeds his uncle taharqa as king of kush. he invades egypt to try to take it back. * 664 bc: necho i, puppet pharaoh of egypt, is killed by invading kushite forces under tantamani. * 664 bc: assyrian army captures and sacks thebes, egypt, ending the nubian period in egypt. * 660 bc: traditional founding date of japan by emperor jimmu on 18 february. * 660 bc: first known use of the demotic script. * 660 bc: mythical founding of the japanese royal family.
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