Millennia:	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 - State leaders - Sovereign states Establishments - Disestablishments

Events and trends

• 669 BC: Ashurbanipal succeeds his father Esarhaddon as king of Assyria.
• 668 BC: Ashurbanipal starts to rule.
• 668 BC: Shamash-shum-ukin, son of Esarhaddon, becomes King of Babylon.
• 668 BC: Egypt revolts against Assyria.
• 668 BC: Estimation: Nineveh, capital of Assyria becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Thebes in Egypt.[1]
• 667 BC: Byzantium founded by Megaran colonists under Byzas. (traditional date)
• 667 BC: Assyrians conquer the Egyptian Empire.
• 664 BC: First naval battle in Greek recorded history, between Corinth and Corcyra.
• 664 BC: Ashurbanipal 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.
• 663 BC: Ashurbanipal conquered Ancient Egypt.
• 11 February 660 BC: Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.
• 660 BC: First known use of the Demotic script.
• 660 BC: Psammetichus I drives the Assyrians out of Egypt.
• 660 BC: Mythical founding of the Japanese royal family.

Significant people

• 668 BC: Death of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria; the beginning of Ashurbanipal's reign
• 664 BC: Death of Necho I, king of Egypt
• 663 BC: Death of Taharqa, king of Egypt
• 660 BC: Reign of Emperor Jimmu, first emperor of Japan, begins.