660 BC (idea)

• According to myth, Jimmu conquers the realm of Yamato and proclaims himself the first Emperor of Japan.
• Egyptian king Psammetichus I drives the Assyrians out of Egypt.
• The Chinese state of Wei is overrun by the Di, a group of proto-Mongol tribes.
• Messenia revolts against Sparta in the Second Messenian War.
• King Gyges of Lydia makes a temporary peace pact with Assyrian king Ashurbanipal.
• The city now known as Istanbul is founded by Greek settlers, who name it "Byzantion" after their leader Byzas.
• One of Japan's oldest shrines, Kashima Shrine, is said to have been founded.
• Greek poet Lesches, of the isle of Lesbos, is active at this time.

These people were born in 660 BC:

• Future king of Egypt Necho II, son of Psammetichus I.
• Persian prophet Zoroaster, according to some traditions.

These people died in 660 BC:

• Traditional date of the martyrdom of the Hebrew prophet Isaiah.
• Duke Cheng, ruler of the Chinese state of Qin, succeeded by his brother Duke Mu.
• Duke Yi, rule of the Chinese state of Wei, killed fighting against the barbarian Di people.
• Duke Min, ruler of the Chinese state of Lu, murdered by a man named Bu Yi, whose lands had been confiscated by Duke Min's tutor.

661 BC - 660 BC - 659 BC

7th Century BC

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